English
Labrador
Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).
The story
Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (‘landholder, farmer’), ultimately from Latin labor (‘work’).
Today it means
name A geographic region, the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in eastern Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Labrador