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meager
c.1300, "lean, thin, emaciated" (of persons or animals), from O.Fr.
megre, maigre,
from L.
macrum
(nom.
macer
) "lean, thin," from PIE
*makro-
(see
macro
-). Of material things (land, food, etc.) from 1501.