Job

Morpheme

Job

Type

free base

Denotation

work, task, employment

Etymology

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

Evidence

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