Where does “elaborate” come from?
elaborate (Italian) comes from Italian elaborare, from Latin ēlabōrō, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe — fox.
elaborate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “elaborate”, step by step
elaborate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian elaborare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | elaborare | to work out; to elaborate; to write or compose;... |
| 2 | Latin | ēlabōrō | to take pains or endeavor |
| 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 |
via Italian elaborato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | elaborato | elaborate; past participle of elaborare |