A workshop is a place where things are made or fixed, or a meeting where people learn and practice a skill together. It can be a physical room with tools or a class focused on hands-on learning.
“Workshop” comes from Middle English, combining “work” with “shop,” which once meant a small booth or stall. Over time it grew from meaning a craftsman’s place to also meaning a training session for learning skills.
When you hear “workshop,” think of a ‘shop for work’—either hammer-and-nails work or brain-and-ideas work. The word kept its ‘place’ meaning but quietly expanded into a ‘time’ and ‘event’ meaning too.
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