Etymology

barworker

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Today it means: A worker at a bar (drinking establishment). Full definition →

English worker ← Middle English werkere, worchere ← Old English wyrċan
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  1. Vulgar Latin*barra
  2. Old Frenchbarre
  3. Middle Englishbarre
  4. Englishbar
  5. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ǵyéti
  7. Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*wurkijan
  9. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  11. Proto-Germanic*werką
  12. Proto-Germanic*wirkijaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*wirkijan
  14. Old Englishwyrċan
  15. Middle Englishworchen
  16. Middle Englishwerkere, worchere
  17. Englishworker
  18. English todaybarworker

From bar + worker.

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