Where does “fizol” come from?

fizol (Polish) comes from Polish pracownik, from Polish pracować, from Old Polish pracować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

fizol (Polish): a physical laborer, blue-collar

Definitions

  1. a physical laborer, blue-collar

Ancestry of “fizol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpracownikemployee, worker
2Polishpracowaćto work
3Old Polishpracowaćto work, to labor
4Latin-owac—
5Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Latin -owac →Every word from Old Polish pracować →