Etymology of the English word dockworker
the English word
dockworkerderived from the English word
dockderived from the Middle Dutch word
dockederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*dokkoderived from the English word
workerusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
workderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*werg-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*werkanUsage
Word found in Modern English