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inwork en · NOUN · etymology 1

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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”).

Meanings

1. (rare, uncountable) Indoor work; work done inside the home.
   • 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. 1981, Cragg, Dawson, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Qualitative research among homeworkers:

inwork en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From in- + work. Compare Dutch inwerken (“to affect, orient”), German einwirken (“to influence, impinge”).

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To work in or into.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To work or operate within.

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Deriveds

inwrought · inworking