task
English
/tɑːsk/, /tæsk/
noun
Definitions
- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- An objective.
- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English task derived from tasque derived from Latin tasca, taxāre (censure, charge).
Origin
Latin
taxāre
Gloss
censure, charge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attask English
- bar English
- board English
- eigentask English
- hypertask English
- intertask English
- intratask English
- list English
- master English
- metatask English
- microtask English
- mistress English
- monotask English
- multitask English
- multitaskable English
- multitasker English
- outtask English
- overtask English
- pad English
- pretask English
- retask English
- set English
- sheet English
- subtask English
- supertask English
- supertasker English
- taskable English
- taskbar English
- taskboard English
- tasker English
- taskless English
- tasklessness English
- tasklet English
- tasklist English
- taskmaster English
- taskmasterly English
- taskmastership English
- taskmistress English
- taskpad English
- taskscape English
- taskset English
- tasksheet English
- tasktray English
- taskwork English
- tray English
- work English
- *tastāre Latin
- tangō Latin
- tasca Latin
- taxa Latin
- taxāre Latin
- tasca Italian
- tassare Italian
- *taǵ-, *tag- Proto-Indo-European
- taxa Portuguese
- タスク Japanese
- task Middle English
- tasche Old French
- taxer Old French
- taxa Galician
- *taska Frankish
- tasque ONF.
- taas Fiji Hindi
- bar
- set
- pad
- work
- tray
- list
- sheet
- board
- attask
- master
- tasker
- retask
- pretask
- taskset
- subtask
- taskpad
- outtask
- tasklet
- taskbar
- tasktray
- taskwork
- overtask
- taskable
- mistress
- metatask
- taskless
- monotask
- tasklist
- tasksheet
- taskscape
- hypertask
- intertask
- intratask
- microtask
- eigentask
- supertask
- multitask
- taskboard
- taskmaster
- multitasker
- supertasker
- taskmistress
- taskmasterly
- tasklessness
- multitaskable
- taskmastership