'framework' originates from Middle English, specifically the word 'frame' combined with 'work', where 'frame' meant 'to shape or construct' and 'work' referred to 'labor or effort'.

'frame' changed from Old English word 'framian' meaning 'to benefit or avail', and eventually became the modern English word 'frame'.

Initially, it meant 'to shape or construct something', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a basic structure underlying a system'.