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Where does “labourable” come from?

labourable (French) comes from French labourer, from Middle French labourer, from Old French laborer, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb.

labourable (French): ploughable, cultivable

Definitions

  1. ploughable, cultivable

Ancestry of “labourable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlabourerto plough
2Middle Frenchlabourerto work ; to labor; to manufacture; to make
3Old Frenchlaborerto work; to labor
4Latinlabōrō—
5Latinlābor—
6Old Latinlabos—
7Romanianlabăpalm; paw
8Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
9Proto-Uralicluwebone
10Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
11Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—
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