English
farthingsworth
From farthing + -s- + worth.
Formed from farthing + -s- + worth
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
Proto-Germanic *werþaz ‘worthy’
Proto-West Germanic *werþ
Old English weorþ ‘worth’
Middle English worth
English worth
Today it means
noun The amount that can be bought for a farthing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / farthingsworth