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