Etymograph

English

punchwork

From punch + work.

A compound of punch + work

Old French ponchon ‘pointed tool’

Old French ponchonner ‘to punch’

Middle English punchen

English punch

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 Any of various forms of artwork or craftwork made using a punch

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “punchwork”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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