Where does “laboriousness” come from?
laboriousness (English) comes from English laborious, from Old French laborios, from French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
laboriousness (English): The condition of being laborious
Definitions
- The condition of being laborious
Ancestry of “laboriousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome;... |
| 2 | Old French | laborios | — |
| 3 | French | laborieux | laborious |
| 4 | Latin | laboriosus | laborious, toilsome, demanding; industrious,... |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |