Etymology

worthiness

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Today it means: The state or quality of having value or merit. Full definition →

Middle English worthynesse
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromworthynesse
  2. English todayworthiness

From Middle English worthynesse, equivalent to worthy + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.