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Where does “lab” come from?
lab (German) comes from Middle High German lap, from Old High German lab.
lab
(German): to clot
Definitions
to clot
Ancestry of “lab”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle High German
lap
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2
Old High German
lab
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Words derived from “lab”
Labmagen
Labkraut
libemagu
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