Where does “labourer” come from?
labourer (French) comes from Middle French labourer, from Old French laborer, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe — fox.
labourer (French): to plough
Definitions
- to plough
Ancestry of “labourer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | labourer | to work (to do work); to labor |
| 2 | Old French | laborer | to work; to labor |
| 3 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 4 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 5 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 6 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 7 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |