Where does “laboratorium” come from?
laboratorium (Latin) comes from Latin labōrātōrius, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator, from Latin laboratus, from Latin laboro — fox.
laboratorium (Latin): laboratory
Definitions
- laboratory
Ancestry of “laboratorium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | labōrātōrius | — |
| 2 | Latin | labōrātor | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 3 | French | laboratoire | laboratory |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 5 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 6 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 7 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 8 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 9 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 10 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 11 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 12 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 13 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 14 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |