Where does “labradorit” come from?
labradorit (Romanian) comes from English labradorite, from English labrador, from Portuguese lavrador, from Old Portuguese lavrador, from Latin labōrātor, from French laboratoire, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius — fox.
labradorit (Romanian): labradorite
Definitions
- labradorite
Ancestry of “labradorit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | labradorite | A plagioclase feldspar mineral, calcium sodium... |
| 2 | English | labrador | A Labrador retriever |
| 3 | Portuguese | lavrador | farmer; husbandman; ploughman |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | lavrador | — |
| 5 | Latin | labōrātor | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 6 | French | laboratoire | laboratory |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | laboratorium | laboratory |
| 8 | Latin | labotatorius | laborable |
| 9 | Latin | laborator | plowman, tiller of the soil |
| 10 | Latin | laboratus | produced, having been produced |
| 11 | Latin | laboro | I toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am... |
| 12 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 14 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 15 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 16 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 17 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |