Where does “semiskilled” come from?
Semiskilled derives from English skilled, which comes from English skill, traced to Proto-Indo-European sēmi and Proto-Indo-European sem-.
semiskilled (English): Requiring only minimal levels of training
Definitions
- Requiring only minimal levels of training
Ancestry of “semiskilled”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skilled | Having or showing skill; skillful; Requiring... |
| 2 | English | skill | Capacity to do something well; technique,... |
| 3 | Middle English | skill | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | skil | a distinction, discernment, knowledge |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skilją | separation, limit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |