English
lathework
From lathe + -work.
Formed from lathe + -work
Proto-Indo-European *lēy- ‘to want, desire’
Proto-Germanic *laþōną ‘to invite’
Proto-West Germanic *laþōn ‘to bid, summon’
Old English laþian ‘to invite, summon, call upon, ask’
Middle English lathen
English lathe
Today it means
noun Work produced on a lathe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lathework