English

saleswork

sales + work

A compound of sales + work

Catalan sales

English sales

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 The work of selling goods or services.

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

Etymograph / saleswork