English
farthingless
From farthing + -less.
Formed from farthing + -less
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’
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Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz ‘a quarter’
Old English fēorþa ‘fourth’
Old English fēorþing ‘a quarter, fourth part, farthing’
Middle English ferthing
English farthing
Today it means
adj Without a farthing; very poor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / farthingless