" meagerness "

[Adjective]  | "mea*ger" | \ ˈmē-gər \

1: having little flesh : thin

2: lacking desirable qualities (such as richness or strength)

3: deficient in quality or quantity

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English megre "thin, having little flesh from lack of food," borrowed from Anglo-French megre, maigre, going back to Latin macr-, macer "thin, lean, of little substance," going back to Indo-European *mh2ḱ-ro- "long, thin," whence also Germanic *magra- "lean" (whence Old English mæger "lean," Old High German magar, Old Norse magr), Greek makrós "long, tall, high, large"; derivative in *-ro-, adjective suffix, of a base *meh2ḱ-, *mh2ḱ- see:n also in Latin maciēs "bodily thinness, wasting," Greek mêkos "length," mḗkistos "longest, highest," Avestan masah- "length, greatness," masišta- "highest," Hittite maklant- "thin, slim (of animals)";

  * Note : Alternatively from Indo-European *maḱ- if is accepted as a vowel, as the laryngeal 2 is invoked solely to produce the right vocalism.;

[Noun]  | "meagerness" 

[Adjective]  | "meager"