English
labelmate
From label + -mate.
Formed from label + -mate
Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘blade’
Proto-Germanic *lappǭ
Frankish *lappā ‘torn piece of cloth’
Old French label ‘strip of fabric’
Middle English label ‘narrow band’
English label
Today it means
noun A musician or musical act signed to the same record label.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / labelmate