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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.

belaboureth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “belaboureth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbelabourTo labour about; labour over; work hard upon; ply...
2EnglishLabour—
3Middle Englishlabouren—
4Old Frenchlaborerto work; to labor
5Latinlabōrō—
6Latinlābor—
7Old Latinlabos—
8Romanianlabăpalm; paw
9Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
10Proto-Uralicluwebone
11Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
12Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →