thrifting
English
noun
Definitions
- Shopping for cheap items, as for example at a garage sale or flea market.
Etymology
Suffix from English thrift (gain, prosperity).
Origin
English
thrift
Gloss
gain, prosperity
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dingthrift English
- slipthrift English
- spendthrift English
- thrift English
- thrifter English
- thriftful English
- thriftless English
- thriftly English
- thriftster English
- thrifty English
- thrive English
- unthrift English
- wastethrift English
- thrift Middle English