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Where does “inwork” come from?

inwork (Middle English) comes from Old English inweorc, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

Ancestry of “inwork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinweorcindoor work
2Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
3Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “inwork”

  • inwrought
  • inworking
  • inwork
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