English
spoolwork
From spool + work.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- ‘to cleave, split’
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Old Dutch *spōla
Middle Dutch spoele
Old Northern French spole
Middle English spole ‘a bobbin or spool (for weaving)’
English spool
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 Synonym of spindlework.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spoolwork