Where does “belabourer” come from?
belabourer (English) comes from English belabour, from English Labour, from Middle English labouren, from Old French laborer, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
belabourer (English): One who belabours
Definitions
- One who belabours
Ancestry of “belabourer”, step by step
belabourer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English belabour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | belabour | To labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply... |
| 2 | English | Labour | the Labour Party |
| 3 | Middle English | labouren | — |
| 4 | Old French | laborer | to work; to labor |
| 5 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |