Etymograph

English

helpworthy

From help + -worthy.

Formed from help + -worthy

Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb- ‘to help’

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Proto-Germanic *helpō ‘help, aid’

Proto-West Germanic *helpu

Old English help ‘help, aid, assistance’

Middle English help

English help

Today it means

adj Deserving or worthy of help.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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