skill

English

/skɪl/

noun
Definitions
  • Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
  • (obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
  • (obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
  • (obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English skill inherited from Old English scille derived from Old Norse skil (discernment, a distinction, knowledge) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skilją (separation, limit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kelH-

Gloss

split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

分

Emoji
🪓

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