English

lacquerwork

From lacquer + work.

A compound of lacquer + work

Sanskrit लाक्षा ‘a species of plant’

Hindi लाख ‘lac’

Persian لاک ‘nail polish’

Portuguese laca ‘lake’

French lacque ‘a sort of sealing wax’

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 Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.

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

Etymograph / lacquerwork