Where does “laborsome” come from?
laborsome (English) comes from English laboursome, from English Labour, from Middle English labouren, from Old French laborer, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
laborsome (English): Alternative form of laboursome
Definitions
- Alternative form of laboursome
Ancestry of “laborsome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | laboursome | Hard-working; Characterised or marked by labour;... |
| 2 | English | Labour | the Labour Party |
| 3 | Middle English | labouren | — |
| 4 | Old French | laborer | to work; to labor |
| 5 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |