Where does “laborabelo” come from?
laborabelo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto labori, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh — fox.
laborabelo (Esperanto): worker bee
Definitions
- worker bee
Ancestry of “laborabelo”, step by step
laborabelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto labori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | labori | to work |
| 2 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 3 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 4 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 5 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 6 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via Esperanto abelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | abelo | bee |
| 2 | French | abeille | bee, honeybee; a writer whose style is considered... |
| 3 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 4 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |