Etymograph

English

keyworker

From key + worker.

A compound of key + worker

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

English worker

Today it means

noun A social worker who helps to coordinate a patient's care and their social welfare, finances, career, etc.

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

Etymograph / keyworker