Etymology

matwork

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Today it means: Work done on a mat: exercise taken upon a mat. Full definition →

English work ← Middle English worchen ← Old English wyrċan
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The story

  1. Old Englishmeatte
  2. Middle Englishmatte
  3. Englishmat
  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. Englishwork
  16. English todaymatwork

From mat + work.

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