Where does “labourously” come from?
labourously (English) comes from English labourous, 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.
labourously (English): Rare spelling of laboriously
Definitions
- Rare spelling of laboriously
Ancestry of “labourously”, step by step
labourously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English labourous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | labourous | Obsolete form of laborious |
| 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 |