Hungriness
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡri.nəs/noun
The state or quality of feeling a need or desire for food.
Did you know?The word’s deeper Germanic ancestry is connected by historical linguists with ideas of physical depletion and suffering, though the ultimate Proto-Indo-European root is uncertain.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hungruz
“Hunger or deprivation; the reconstructed ancestor of the Germanic word family”
Old English
Old English
hungor
“Hunger, famine, or a painful need for food”
Middle English
Middle English
hunger
“Hunger; bodily craving or deprivation”
14th Century
English
hungry
“Feeling hunger or lacking food”
15th Century
English
hungriness
“The condition or quality of being hungry”
Modern English
English
hungriness
“The state of feeling a need or desire for food”