Etymology

upskill

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Today it means: To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing). Full definition →

English skill ← Middle English skill ← Old Norse ski
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The story

  1. Englishup-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-
  3. Proto-Germanic*skilją
  4. Old Norseski
  5. Middle Englishskill
  6. Englishskill
  7. English todayupskill

From up- + skill.

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