Etymology

dockworker

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Today it means: A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight. Full definition →

English worker ← Middle English werkere, worchere ← Old English wyrċan
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  1. Middle Dutchdocke
  2. Dutchdok
  3. Englishdock
  4. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ǵyéti
  6. Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*wurkijan
  8. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  10. Proto-Germanic*werką
  11. Proto-Germanic*wirkijaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*wirkijan
  13. Old Englishwyrċan
  14. Middle Englishworchen
  15. Middle Englishwerkere, worchere
  16. Englishworker
  17. English todaydockworker

From dock + worker.

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