thankworthy

English

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”).

Adjective

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

1. Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude.

Derived terms

• thankworthiness

References

• “thankworthy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.