Where does “raboure” come from?
raboure (Haitian Creole) 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 — fox.
raboure (Haitian Creole): to plow
Definitions
- to plow
Ancestry of “raboure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | labourer | to plough |
| 2 | Middle French | labourer | to work (to do work); to labor |
| 3 | Old French | laborer | to work; to labor |
| 4 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |