Where does “pracownik” come from?

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

pracownik (Polish): employee, worker

Definitions

  1. employee, worker

Ancestry of “pracownik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpracowaćto work
2Old Polishpracowaćto work, to labor
3Latin-owac—
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Words derived from “pracownik”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Latin -owac →Every word from Old Polish pracować →