Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDenoting a craft involving a particular material, tool, or practitioner · Denoting a structure or work of art crafted chiefly from a given material · Denoting the structure or mechanism of a given object.
From Middle English -work, -werk, from Old English -weorc, -ġeweorc, equivalent to English work. Compare also Saterland Frisian -werk, Dutch -werk, German -werk, Norwegian -verk.
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