Etymology

coworker

co·wor·ker
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Today it means: Somebody with whom one works. Full definition →

English worker ← Middle English werkere, worchere ← Old English wyrċan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ǵyéti
  10. Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*wurkijan
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Germanic*werką
  15. Proto-Germanic*wirkijaną
  16. Proto-West Germanic*wirkijan
  17. Old Englishwyrċan
  18. Middle Englishworchen
  19. Middle Englishwerkere, worchere
  20. Englishworker
  21. English todaycoworker

From co- + worker.

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