English Explanatory Dictionary

-worthy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Of sufficient worth for; deserving of.
  2. Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand.
  3. Able to be; fit to be; -able.
  4. Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to.

Word forms

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Etymology

Partly from worthy (combining form), and partly continuing Middle English -wurthe (“-able”), from Old English -wierþe (“-able”), from Proto-West Germanic -*wirþī, from Proto-West Germanic *wirþī, from Proto-Germanic *wirþijaz (“worthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch -waardig (“-worthy”), German -würdig (“-worthy”).

Related words

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