Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thankworthy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thankwor-thy
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Middle English thankworthy, thank-worthy, þankeworþi, probably an alteration (with -y) of earlier Middle English thanke worth, thankworth, þancwurðe (“thankworthy”), from Old English þancwyrþe, þancweorþ (“thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable”), equivalent to thank + -worthy. Cognate with German dankwürdig (“worthy of thanks”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

thankworthier (comparative) more thankworthy (comparative) thankworthiest (superlative) most thankworthy (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does thankworthy mean?
Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.
Where does thankworthy come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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