English
threadbareness
From threadbare + -ness.
Formed from threadbare + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to drill, pierce’
Proto-Germanic *þrēduz ‘thread’
Old English þrǣd ‘thread’
Middle English thred-bar
English threadbare
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being threadbare.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / threadbareness