worth

English

/wɜːθ/, /wɝθ/

adj
Definitions
  • Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
  • Deserving of.
  • (obsolete) Valuable, worth while.
  • Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worth inherited from Old English weorþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (worthy, towards, opposite, valuable) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out), *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wert-

Gloss

turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji
🙃

Timeline

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