Where does “Labrador” come from?
Labrador (Portuguese) comes from English Labrador, from Portuguese lavrador, from Old Portuguese lavrador, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator — fox.
Labrador (Portuguese): Alternative letter-case form of labrador
Definitions
- Alternative letter-case form of labrador
Ancestry of “Labrador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Labrador | Short for Labrador retriever |
| 2 | Portuguese | lavrador | farmer; husbandman; ploughman |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | lavrador | — |
| 4 | Latin | labōrātor | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 5 | French | laboratoire | laboratory |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 7 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 8 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 9 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 10 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 11 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 12 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 13 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 14 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 15 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 16 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |