English

stop-work

Temporary cessation of labor as a form of protest.

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    Origin

    From stop (“to cease; to cause to cease”, verb) + work (noun). Attested from the 20th century.

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    Lineage

    • partEnglishstop “To cease moving.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishstoppen
        • inheritedOld Englishstoppian “to stop, close”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishstoppe
        • inheritedOld Englishstoppa “bucket, pail, a stop”
      • partEnglishs- “Subatomic particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0, predicted by supersymmetry; the bo…”
        • derivedEnglishscalar “Having magnitude but not direction.”
        • derivedEnglishsec- “secondary-form of a functional group, a branched functional group”
      • partEnglishtop “The highest or uppermost part of something.”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishtop
    • partEnglishwork “Labour, occupation, job.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwerk
        • inheritedOld Englishweorc
        • inheritedOld Englishwærc
      • inheritedMiddle Englishworchen “to work”
        • inheritedOld Englishwyrċan “to work”

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