-work
Meanings
suffix
- Denoting 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.
Word forms
Etymology
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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