Where does “laborestro” come from?
laborestro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto estro, from Esperanto -estro, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.
laborestro (Esperanto): foreman
Definitions
- foreman
Ancestry of “laborestro”, step by step
laborestro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto estro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | estro | a leader, head of something; a boss |
| 2 | Esperanto | -estro | shows the chief or boss of something |
| 3 | German | meister | master |
| 4 | Middle High German | meister | master |
| 5 | Old High German | meistar | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | maester | — |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
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 |