Where does “workshop” come from?

Workshop derives from English work and shop, with work tracing through Middle English werk and Old English wyrċan to Proto-Germanic wurkijaną and Proto-Indo-European wreg-, meaning to turn or move.

workshop (English): A room, especially one which is not particularly...

Definitions

  1. A room, especially one which is not particularly...

Ancestry of “workshop”, step by step

workshop 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 shop

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

Words derived from “workshop

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-
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