Where does “laboursomely” come from?
laboursomely (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.
laboursomely (English): In a laboursome manner
Definitions
- In a laboursome manner
Ancestry of “laboursomely”, step by step
laboursomely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English laboursome
| 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 |