Etymology of the English word meagre
the English word
meagrederived from the Old French word
maigrederived from the Latin word
macer (thin)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mak-Date
The earliest known usage of meagre in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
mager, German
mager, Icelandic
magur, Swedish
mager
