myEtymology.com: English etymology of clockwork

Etymology of the English word clockwork

the English word clockwork

derived from the English word work

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werg-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *werkan

derived from the English word clock

derived from the French word cloque

derived from the Medieval Latin word clocca (bell)

derived from the Middle Dutch word clocke

derived from the Medieval Latin word clocca (bell)