Deserving of being called even or equal; of equal worth or merit.
From 'even' (equal) plus 'worthy' (deserving, from Old English 'weorthe'). A compound formed in Middle English to describe things of balanced or equal value.
The '-worthy' suffix is all about desert and merit—'newsworthy' means news worth reporting, 'trustworthy' means trust worth giving—and it reveals how English speakers frequently think about whether things deserve or merit our attention.
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