groundwork
n.
mid-15c., from ground, n. + work, n.. Similar formation in Middle Dutch grontwerck, Dutch grondwerk, German grundwerk. Originally "the solid base on which a structure is built;" figurative sense is from 1550s.
| 词汇 | groundwork |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary groundwork n. mid-15c., from ground, n. + work, n.. Similar formation in Middle Dutch grontwerck, Dutch grondwerk, German grundwerk. Originally "the solid base on which a structure is built;" figurative sense is from 1550s. |
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