Where does “Bassador” come from?
Bassador (English) comes from English labrador, from Portuguese lavrador, from Old Portuguese lavrador, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator — fox.
Bassador (English): A dog of a breed resulting from breeding the basset hound and the Labrador retriever
Definitions
- A dog of a breed resulting from breeding the basset hound and the Labrador retriever
Ancestry of “Bassador”, step by step
Bassador traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English labrador
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | labrador | A Labrador retriever |
| 2 | Portuguese | lavrador | farmer; husbandman; ploughman |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | lavrador | — |
| 4 | Latin | labōrātor | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 5 | French | laboratoire | laboratory |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 7 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 8 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 9 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 10 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 11 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 12 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 13 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 14 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 15 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 16 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via English basset hound
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | basset hound | a short-legged breed of dog of the hound family |
| 2 | French | basset | basset hound |
| 3 | French | bas | low; bass; socks; stockings; feet |
| 4 | Old French | bas | low |
| 5 | Latin | Bassus | thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |