Where does “labor” come from?

labor (Latin) comes from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

labor (Latin): work

Definitions

  1. work

Ancestry of “labor”, step by step

labor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Latin labos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Latinlabos
2Romanianlabăpalm; paw
3Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
4Proto-Uralicluwebone
5Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Proto-Indo-European leh₂b-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂b-to hang loosely; to lap, lick

Words derived from “labor

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás
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