Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inwork

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-work
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Indoor work; work done inside the home.

Uncountable

verb

To work in or into.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To work or operate within.

Archaic; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Many respondents saw their earnings as a marginal, even though often essential, contribution to the household budget and one outside the formal constraints of inwork."

Etymology

From Middle English *inwork, *inwerk, from Old English inweorc (“indoor work”), from Proto-West Germanic *inwerk, equivalent to in- + work. Cognate with Scots inwark, inwork (“domestic work, indoor work”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in
Root: *inwork, inweorc, *inwerk

Usage

Inflected Forms

inworks (present, singular) inworking (participle, present) inwrought (participle, past) inwrought (past) inworked (participle, past) inworked (past)

Derived Forms

inworking inwrought

Questions

What does inwork mean?: Indoor work; work done inside the home.
Where does inwork come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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