Etymology

inwork

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Today it means: Indoor work; work done inside the home. Full definition →

Middle English *inwork ← Old English inweorc ← Proto-West Germanic *inwerk
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inwork · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*inwerk
  2. Old English · inherited frominweorc“indoor work”
  3. Middle English · inherited from*inwork
  4. English todayinwork

From Middle English *inwork, *inwerk, from Old English inweorc (“indoor work”), from Proto-West Germanic *inwerk, equivalent to in- + work. Cognate with Scots inwark, inwork (“domestic work, indoor work”).

inwork · verb2

From in- + work. Compare Dutch inwerken (“to affect, orient”), German einwirken (“to influence, impinge”).

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