| 1 | Middle English | label | narrow band, strip of cloth |
| 2 | Old French | label | strip of fabric; badge; insignia |
| 3 | Frankish | lappā | cloth, rag, lobe; torn piece of cloth; rag, torn... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lappǭ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leb- | to hang down loosely; lip; lick |