Where does “underlabourer” come from?
underlabourer (English) comes from English labourer, 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.
underlabourer (English): An assistant or subordinate labourer
Definitions
- An assistant or subordinate labourer
Ancestry of “underlabourer”, step by step
underlabourer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English labourer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | labourer | Britain standard spelling of laborer |
| 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 |