Where does “sweatshop” come from?

sweatshop (English) comes from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

sweatshop (English): A factory or other place of work where pay is low...

Definitions

  1. A factory or other place of work where pay is low...

Ancestry of “sweatshop”, step by step

sweatshop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
2Middle Englishshoppe—
3Old Englishsċeoppa—
4Proto-Germanicskupp-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

via English sweat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsweatFluid that exits the body through pores in the...
2Middle EnglishswetenTo make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To...
3Old Englishswētanto sweeten

Words derived from “sweatshop”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp- →Every word from Old English sċeoppa →