megre
Middle English
/ˈmɛːɡər/
adj
Definitions
- Lean, haggard; suffering the physical effects of hunger.
- (rare) Skinny, narrow, slim; showing thinness.
- (rare) Shriveled; dried-up.
Etymology
Borrowed from megre derived from Latin macer (lean, meagre, thin, meager, poor, meager poor) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mh₂ḱros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comeager English
- meager English
- meagerly English
- meagerness English
- Macrinus Latin
- maceo Latin
- macer Latin
- macies Latin
- macies, maciēs Latin
- macresco Latin
- macrior Latin
- macritas Latin
- macritudo Latin
- macrum Latin
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₂ḱros Proto-Indo-European
- *magraz Proto-Germanic
- maigre Old French
- mér Old Irish
- megre xno
- maga Jamaican Creole
- mawga Jamaican Creole