Where does “Job” come from?

Job (German) comes from English job, from English jobbe of work, from Italian gobbe, from Old French gobet — piece.

Job (German): a task, an assignment; employment

Definitions

  1. a task, an assignment; employment

Ancestry of “Job”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjobA task; An economic role for which a person is...
2Englishjobbe of workpiece of work
3Italiangobbefeminine plural of gobbo; plural of gobba
4Old Frenchgobetpiece

Words derived from “Job”

Every word from Old French gobet →Every word from Italian gobbe →Every word from English jobbe of work →