English

hideworker

From hide + worker.

A compound of hide + worker

Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’

Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’

Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’

Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’

Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’

English hide

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun A person skilled at hideworking.

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

Etymograph / hideworker