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