Where did jack of all trades come from?
In Elizabethan English the quasi-New Latin term Johannes factotum ("Johnny do-it-all") was sometimes used, with the same negative connotation that "Jack of all trades" sometimes has today. The term was famously used by Robert Greene in his 1592 booklet "Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit," in which he dismissively refers to actor-turned-playwright William Shakespeare with this term, the first published mention of the writer.
What new-latin term is the origin of Jack of all Trades?
Johannes factotum
Jack of all trades, master of none
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Where did the exact phrase Jack of all Trades come from?
Essays and Characters of a Prison
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From who did the exact phrase Jack of all Trades come from?
Geffray Mynshul
Jack of all trades, master of none
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"Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on one.
Jack of all trades, master of none
In 1612, the English-language version of the phrase appeared in the book "Essays and Characters of a Prison" by English writer Geffray Mynshul (Minshull),[5] originally published in 1618,[6] and probably based on the author's experience while held at Gray's Inn, London, when imprisoned for debt.
Jack of all trades, master of none Origins
"Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person who has dabbled in many skills, rather than gaining expertise by focusing on one. In Elizabethan English the quasi-New Latin term Johannes factotum ("Johnny do-it-all") was sometimes used, with the same negative connotation that "Jack of all trades" sometimes has today. In 1612, the English-language version of the phrase appeared in the book "Essays and Characters of a Prison" by English writer Geffray Mynshul, originally published in 1618, and probably based on the author's experience while held at Gray's Inn, London, when imprisoned for debt.