Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty. · Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky. · All right; in good condition. · even; square; on equal footing with.
Etymology tree English hunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hunky From hunk + -y.
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