Where does “belaboureth” come from?
belaboureth (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.
belaboureth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “belaboureth”, step by step
belaboureth 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 eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |