Etymograph

English

enamelwork

From enamel + work.

A compound of enamel + work

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‘to melt, smelt’

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Early Medieval Latin smaltum

Old French esmailler ‘to enamel’

Anglo-Norman enamailler

Middle English enamel

English enamel

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun Objects decorated with enamel, collectively.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / enamelwork