Where does “jobs” come from?
jobs (French) comes from French job, from English job, from English jobbe of work, from Italian gobbe, from Old French gobet — piece.
jobs (French): plural of job
Ancestry of “jobs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | job | job; work |
| 2 | English | job | A task; An economic role for which a person is... |
| 3 | English | jobbe of work | piece of work |
| 4 | Italian | gobbe | feminine plural of gobbo; plural of gobba |
| 5 | Old French | gobet | piece |