Where does “capolaboratorio” come from?

capolaboratorio (Italian) comes from Italian laboratorio, from Latin laboratorium, from Latin labōrātōrius, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator — fox.

capolaboratorio (Italian): director of a laboratory

Definitions

  1. director of a laboratory

Ancestry of “capolaboratorio”, step by step

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