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-worthy

-worthy suffix: of sufficient worth for; deserving of.

Suffix

-worthy (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -worthy, superlative most -worthy)

  1. Of sufficient worth for; deserving of.
    • creditworthy, respectworthy
  2. Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand.
    • airworthy; seaworthy; lifeworthy; crashworthy; stormworthy
  3. Able to be; fit to be; -able.
    • trustworthy
  4. Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to.
    • fareworthy

Forms of -worthy

comparativemore -worthy
superlativemost -worthy

Origin of -worthy

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”).

Questions about -worthy

What does -worthy mean?
-worthy means of sufficient worth for; deserving of.
What part of speech is -worthy?
-worthy is a suffix.

Words near -worthy in the dictionary

  1. -witz
  2. -woman
  3. -women
  4. -work
  5. -worth
  6. -worthy
  7. -x
  8. -x-
  9. -xaban
  10. -xeny
  11. -ximab

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