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Where does “Labrador” come from?

Labrador (French) comes from English labrador, from Portuguese lavrador, from Old Portuguese lavrador, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator.

Ancestry of “Labrador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlabradorA Labrador retriever
2Portugueselavradorfarmer; husbandman; ploughman
3Old Portugueselavrador—
4Latinlabōrātor—
5Frenchlaboratoirelaboratory
6Medieval Latinlaboratoriumlaboratory
7Latinlabotatoriuslaborable
8Latinlaboratorplowman, tiller of the soil
9Latinlaboratusproduced, having been produced
10LatinlaboroI toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am...
11Latinlaborwork; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,...
12Old Latinlabos—
13Romanianlabăpalm; paw
14Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
15Proto-Uralicluwebone
16Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
17Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—

Words derived from “Labrador”

  • labradorien
  • Labradorien
  • Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
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