Etymology

workcamp

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Today it means: A camp in which volunteers visit another region and work on a project to benefit the region or its inhabitants. Full definition →

English camp ← Middle English werk ← Old English weorc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  3. Proto-Germanic*werką
  4. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  5. Old Englishweorc
  6. Middle Englishwerk
  7. Englishwork
  8. Englishcamp
  9. English todayworkcamp

From work + camp.

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