Where does “labful” come from?
labful (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.
Ancestry of “labful”, step by step
labful 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 ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |