Where does “drudgery” come from?
Drudgery comes from Middle English druggen, from Anglo-Norman -erie, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -yós, ultimately denoting habitual or servile labor.
drudgery (English): Exhausting, menial, and tedious work
Definitions
- Exhausting, menial, and tedious work
Ancestry of “drudgery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | drudge | A person who works in a low servile job; Someone... |
| 2 | Middle English | druggen | — |
| 3 | Old English | *dryċġan | — |
Words derived from “drudgery”