| 【work】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "wyrcan," "wircan," "weorc," "werc," "wycan," "wercan," and "worc." It carries the basic meaning of "work." from PIE *werg- "to do" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "work"]
network ****[1290] A network of lines, roads, veins, or other long thin things is a large number of them which cross each other or meet at many points.
work ****[75] People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
worker ****[967] A particular kind of worker does the kind of work mentioned.
working ****[1736] The workings of a piece of equipment, an organization, or a system are the ways in which it operates and the processes which are involved in it.
[WORD ROOT]root work
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] work
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) wyrcan, wircan, weorc, werc, wycan, wercan, worc
[MEANING]root work
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 weorc (noun) something done, discrete act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
- 【Old English】 wyrcan (verb) prepare, perform, do, make, construct, produce; strive after
- 【Old English】 wircan 《Mercian》 to operate, function, set in motion
- 【Old English】 werc
- 【Old English】 wycan
- 【Old English】 wercan
- 【Old English】 worc (n, ) [=worc] something done, discrete act performed by someone, action whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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network ★★★★[1290] noun from work
【DEFINITION】 A network of lines, roads, veins, or other long thin things is a large number of them which cross each other or meet at many points.
【pl.】 networks
【SYNONYM】 matrix
【COMPOSITION】 net + work
【ROOTs】 ⑴ net; net ⑵ work; work
【Etymology】 《Old English weorc》 (noun) something done, discrete act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
【DERIVATIVEs】 networked, network
work ★★★★[75] noun from work
【DEFINITION】 People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do.
【pl.】 works
【SYNONYM】 employment, mechanism, opus
【ROOTs】 work; work
【Etymology】 《Old English weorc》 (noun) something done, discrete act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
【First Known Meaning】 something done, discrete act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
【DERIVATIVEs】 workless, worklessness, work
worker ★★★★[967] noun from work
【DEFINITION】 A particular kind of worker does the kind of work mentioned.
【pl.】 workers
【COMPOSITION】 work + er
【ROOTs】 ⑴ work; work ⑵ er; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English weorc》 (noun) something done, discrete act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
working ★★★★[1736] noun from work
【DEFINITION】 The workings of a piece of equipment, an organization, or a system are the ways in which it operates and the processes which are involved in it.
【pl.】 workings
【ROOTs】 ⑴ work; ⑵ ing; suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English weorc》 (noun) something done, discrete act performed by someone, action (whether voluntary or required), proceeding, business; that which is made or manufactured, products of labor
Other words containing "work"; basketwork, clockwork, co-worker, framework, networked, overworked, workless, worklessness, workout, worksheet
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
wise
win
will
wild
wide
who
while
where
well
weigh
