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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
LABOUR.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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LABOUR,
toil, work. (F.,—L.) M. E. labour (accented on -our);
Chaucer, C. T. 2195.—O. F. labour, later labeur.—Lat.
labōrem, acc. of labor (oldest form labos), labour, toil.
β. Labos
stands for an older rabos, akin to Lat. robur, strength.—✔LABH,
to get, perform, later form of ✔RABH,
to seize; cf. Skt. labh, to get, acquire, undergo, perform; rabh, to seize; Gk.
λαμβάνειν, to take. See Fick, i. 192, 751. Der.
labour,
verb, M. E. labouren, Chaucer, C. T. 186; labour-ed; labour-er,
M. E. laborere, Chaucer, C. T. 1411; and see labor-i-ous,
labor-at-or-y. ➩
The spelling with final -our, answering to O. F. -our, shews that the derivation
is not from Lat. nom. labor, but from the acc.
labōrem.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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