Job

Morpheme

Job

Type

free base

Denotation

work, task, employment

Etymology

Early Modern English from phrase jobbe of worke; of unknown origin

Evidence

cronjob, job, jobber, jobbish, jobday, jobless, joblife, joblike, jobmaker, jobmate, jobname, jobs, jobsearch, jobseeker, jobshare, jobsite, jobster, nonjob, prejob