Where does “Labour Party” come from?
Labour Party (English) comes from English labour, from Middle English labouren, from Old French laborer, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
Labour Party (English): Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour
Definitions
- Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour
Ancestry of “Labour Party”, step by step
Labour Party traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English labour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | labour | Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work;... |
| 2 | Middle English | labouren | — |
| 3 | Old French | laborer | to work; to labor |
| 4 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via English party
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | party | A person or group of people constituting a... |
| 2 | Middle English | party | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman French | partie | — |
| 4 | Old French | partie | part; section |
| 5 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 7 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |