Where does “trabou” come from?
trabou (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu trabadja, from Portuguese trabalhar, from Old Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, from Latin tripalium, from Latin tripālis, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
trabou (Papiamentu): work
Definitions
- work
Ancestry of “trabou”, step by step
trabou traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Kabuverdianu trabadja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabuverdianu | trabadja | to work |
| 2 | Portuguese | trabalhar | to work |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | traballar | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tripaliare | to work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō |
| 5 | Latin | tripalium | torture instrument; a torture instrument |
| 6 | Latin | tripālis | that has, or is prop up by, three stake or pale |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Spanish trabajo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | trabajo | work, job; work |
| 2 | Spanish | trabajar | to work; to work in, work on, to workshop; to... |
via Portuguese Trabalho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Trabalho | job economic role for which a person is paid |