Where does “labōrātor” come from?
labōrātor (Latin) comes from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator, from Latin laboratus, from Latin laboro, from Latin labor, from Old Latin labos — fox.
labōrātor (Latin): plowman, tiller of the soil
Definitions
- plowman, tiller of the soil
Ancestry of “labōrātor”, step by step
labōrātor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French laboratoire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | laboratoire | laboratory |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 3 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 4 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 5 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 6 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 7 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 9 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 10 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 11 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |