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Where does “labourer” come from?

labourer (Middle French) comes from Old French laborer, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh.

labourer (Middle French): to work ; to labor; to manufacture; to make

Definitions

  1. to work ; to labor; to manufacture; to make

Ancestry of “labourer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlaborerto work; to labor
2Latinlabōrō—
3Latinlābor—
4Old Latinlabos—
5Romanianlabăpalm; paw
6Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
7Proto-Uralicluwebone
8Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
9Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—

Words derived from “labourer”

  • labourable
  • laboureur
  • labourer
  • labourage
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