Where does “pipework” come from?

pipework (English) comes from English work, from Middle English werk, from Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic werk, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

pipework (English): Any system of pipes or tubes; piping; The pipes...

Definitions

  1. Any system of pipes or tubes; piping; The pipes...

Ancestry of “pipework”, step by step

pipework traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English work

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwork"Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to...
2Middle Englishwerkwork
3Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via English pipe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpipeMeanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings...
2Middle EnglishpīpeA pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids)
3Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
4Old Englishpīpianto pipe
5Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
6Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
7LatinpipoI pip, peep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-
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