Where does “trabalho” come from?

trabalho (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese traballo, from Vulgar Latin tripalium, from Latin tripalis, from Latin tria, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī.

trabalho (Portuguese): job; job; task; work; toil; labour; effort

Definitions

  1. job; job; task; work; toil; labour; effort

Ancestry of “trabalho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetraballopain, effort, labor
2Vulgar Latintripaliumtorture instrument; toil” ← “suffering” ←...
3Latintripalisthat has, or is propped up by, three stakes or...
4Latintrianominative neuter of trēs; accusative neuter of...
5Latintresthree; 3
6EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
7Middle Englishthrethree
8Old Englishþrīthree
9Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
10Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
11Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ