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