Etymology

workful

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Today it means: Full of activity or work; laborious; industrious. Full definition →

Middle English workvol ← Old English weorcful
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromweorcful“active, industrious”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromworkvol
  3. English todayworkful

From Middle English workvol, from Old English weorcful (“active, industrious”), equivalent to work + -ful.

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