English

groupwork

From group + work.

A compound of group + work

Vulgar Latin *cruppus

Italian gruppo ‘a knot, heap, group’

French groupe ‘cluster, group’

English group

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 Work done in groups.

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

Etymograph / groupwork