Famishing


[fam-ish] /ˈfæm ɪʃ/

verb (used with or without object), Archaic.
1.
to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
2.
to starve to death.
/ˈfæmɪʃ/
verb
1.
(now usually passive) to be or make very hungry or weak
2.
(archaic) to die or cause to die from starvation
3.
(Irish) to make very cold: I was famished with the cold
v.

c.1400, famyschen, alteration of famen (late 14c.), a shortening of Old French afamer, from Vulgar Latin *affamare “to bring to hunger,” from ad famem, from Latin fames “hunger” (see famine).

Ending changed mid-14c. to -ish under influence of ravish, anguish, etc. The intransitive sense is from 1520s. Related: Famished; famishing.

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