fames

Concepts

hunger

famine

dearth

thirst

Synonyms

sitis

esuritio

ieiunium

esuries

inedia

Translations

fome

hambre

fame

honger

faim

açlık

Hunger

πείνα

fam

جوع

gana

fam

λιμός

trek

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfa.meːs]

Etymology

Since Pokorny, traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”), and connected with Latin affatim, fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus, as well as Old Irish dedaid (“to melt away; to grow weary”), Old Norse dási (“slow”), and English daze. However, De Vaan rejects this etymology, considering the forms and semantics as too vague, and leaves the origin open.