Where does “traballo” come from?
traballo (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin tripalium, from Latin tripalis, from Latin tria, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ.
traballo (Old Portuguese): pain, effort, labor
Definitions
- pain, effort, labor
Ancestry of “traballo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | tripalium | torture instrument; toil” ← “suffering” ←... |
| 2 | Latin | tripalis | that has, or is propped up by, three stakes or... |
| 3 | Latin | tria | nominative neuter of trēs; accusative neuter of... |
| 4 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 5 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 6 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 7 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |