Where does “labbie” come from?
labbie (English) comes from English Lab, from English laboratory, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator, from Latin laboratus, from Latin laboro, from Latin labor — fox.
labbie (English): A laboratory worker
Definitions
- A laboratory worker
Ancestry of “labbie”, step by step
labbie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lab | Diminutive of Labrador |
| 2 | English | laboratory | A room, building or institution equipped for... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 4 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 5 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 7 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 8 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 10 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 11 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 12 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 13 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via English Labrador retriever
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Labrador retriever | A dog of a medium to large breed, popular as... |