English
laborant
Laborant comes from Latin labōrāns ‘toiling, laboring’, from labor ‘work’, and ultimately from Old Latin labōs.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCElabōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabor‘work’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrō‘labor, toil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrāns‘toiling, laboring’
- Englishearliest quotation 1673laborant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCElabōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabor‘work’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrō‘labor, toil’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrāns‘toiling, laboring’
- Englishearliest quotation 1673laborant
Earliest quotation: 1673, Robert Boyle, New Experiments to Make the Parts of Fire and Flame Stable &: “[T]he Laborant, vvell vers'd in vveighing, vvas order'd to…”
Linked words
through Latin labor ‘work’
labour, collapse, lava, lapse, labile, 11 more
through Latin labōrō ‘labor, toil’
Today it means
noun A chemist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin labōs / laborant