toil
UK: tɔɪl | US: tɔɪl
n. hard or exhausting work
vi. to work extremely hard or incessantly
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The word "toil" originates from Old French toillier ("to stir, agitate, struggle"), likely derived from Latin tudiculare ("to crush, beat"), related to tundere ("to pound"). It entered Middle English with the sense of "laborious struggle" and evolved to emphasize prolonged physical or mental effort. The compact structure reflects its Germanic and Latin influences, merging the concepts of agitation and labor.
Farmers toil in the fields from dawn till dusk.
Years of toil finally earned her a promotion.
The project required endless toil but yielded no results.
He toiled over his manuscript for a decade.
Manual toil was replaced by machines during the Industrial Revolution.