Where does “Labbe” come from?
Labbe (English) comes from French labbe, from Swedish labb, from Swedish laboratorium, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator, from Latin laboratus, from Latin laboro — fox.
Ancestry of “Labbe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | labbe | skua |
| 2 | Swedish | labb | Skua; a seabird in the family Stercorariidae; A... |
| 3 | Swedish | laboratorium | a laboratory |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 5 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 6 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 7 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 8 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 9 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 10 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 11 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 12 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 13 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 14 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |