Where does “scratchwork” come from?

scratchwork (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.

scratchwork (English): The first layer of plaster to be applied in...

Definitions

  1. The first layer of plaster to be applied in...

Ancestry of “scratchwork”, step by step

scratchwork 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 Scratch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishScratchA free educational visual programming language and a programming site developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
2Middle Englishscrattento scratch
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