" worth "

[Noun]  | "worth" | \ ˈwərth \

1: monetary value

2: the equivalent of a specified amount or figure

3: the value of something measured by its qualities or by the esteem in which it is held

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, going back to Old English weorþ, wyrth (strong neuter noun), going back to Germanic *werþa- (whence also Old Frisian werth, worth "value," Old Saxon werth "payment, price," Old High German werd "value, price," Old Icelandic verð, Gothic wairþ "price"), noun derivative from *werþa-, adjective, "of value" {mat|worth:3|};

[Preposition]  | "worth" 

1: equal in value to

2: having assets or income equal to

3: deserving of

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, from worth {see: |worth:3|worth:3};

[Adjective]  | "worth" 

1: having monetary or material value

2: estimable

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, "having monetary value, valuable, having status, deserving, highborn, efficacious, strong," going back to Old English weorþ, wyrþ, worþ "having monetary value, valuable," going back to Germanic *werþa- (whence also Old Frisian werth "of value," Old Saxon werth "of value, worthy, dear," Old High German werd, wert "of value, valuable," Old Icelandic verðr "of value, worthy," Gothic wairþs "deserving"), of uncertain origin;

  * Note : The Middle English adjective continues in part Old English wierðe, wyrðe "worthy, deserving," a ja-stem adjective from the same base. Welsh gwerth "worth, value, price" (whence gwerthu "to sell"), along with Middle Breton guerz, is perhaps an early loan from Old English.;

[Verb]  | "worth" 

1: become —usually used in the phrase woe worth

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English worthen "to exist, be, come into existence, become, change, happen," going back to Old English weorþan, wurþan (class III strong verb) "to become, come to be, happen," going back to Germanic *werþan- (whence also Old Frisian wertha "to become, happen, arise," Old Saxon werthan, Old High German werdan, Old Icelandic verða, Gothic wairþan "to become"), going back to an Indo-European verbal base *u̯ert- "turn," whence also Latin vertō, vertere "to cause to revolve, turn, spin," vertor "(I) change direction, turn," Lithuanian verčiù, ver͂sti "to cause to turn," Sanskrit vártate "(it) turns, rolls, revolves"; with zero-grade ablaut Old Church Slavic vrǔštǫ, vrǔteti sę "to turn oneself"; with a causative stem *u̯ort- Old Church Slavic vraštǫ, vratiti "to make turn," Sanskrit vartáyati "(s/he) makes turn"; from an n-present Old Church Slavic obvrǔnǫti sę "to turn around," Tocharian B wärnāmane "turning";

  * Note : In Germanic the Indo-European base *u̯ert- "turn" developed the figurative sense "become, happen" (compare, in English, "the milk turned sour"), which has largely displaced the literal senses (but compare the suffix *-wearda- {-ward:1|-ward:1}).;

[Geographical name]  | "Worth, Lake" | \ ˈwərth \

1: inlet (lagoon) of the Atlantic in southeastern Florida

[Idiom]  | "worth a go" 

1: worth a try

[Idiom]  | "worth a tinker's damn" 

1: be good, valuable, or important enough for (something/someone) —used in negative statements

[Idiom]  | "worth every penny" 

1: worth the entire amount that was paid for something

[Idiom]  | "worth one's weight in gold" 

1: very useful, valuable, or important

[Idiom]  | "worth someone's while" 

1: worth doing : interesting or rewarding

[Noun]  | "worth" 

[Noun]  | "self-worth" 

[Phrase]  | "not worth the candle"