Where does “Laborratte” come from?

Laborratte (German) comes from German Labor, from German Laboratorium, from Latin laboratorium, from Latin labōrātōrius, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius — fox.

Laborratte (German): laboratory rat A living experimental subject, lab rat, guinea pig

Definitions

  1. laboratory rat A living experimental subject, lab rat, guinea pig

Ancestry of “Laborratte”, step by step

Laborratte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Labor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLaborlaboratory
2GermanLaboratoriumlaboratory
3Latinlaboratoriumlaboratory
4Latinlabōrātōrius
5Latinlabōrātorplowman, tiller of the soil
6Frenchlaboratoirelaboratory
7Medieval Latinlaboratoriumlaboratory
8Latinlabotatoriuslaborable
9Latinlaboratorplowman, tiller of the soil
10Latinlaboratusproduced, having been produced
11LatinlaboroI toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am...
12Latinlaborwork; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,...
13Old Latinlabos
14Romanianlabăpalm; paw
15Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
16Proto-Uralicluwebone
17Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
18Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via German Ratte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRatterat
2Middle High Germanratte
3Old High Germanratorat
4Proto-Germanicratō
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás