English
laboratorium
Laboratorium comes from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium ‘laboratory’, from Late Latin labōrātor ‘worker’, and ultimately from Old Latin labōs.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCElabōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabor‘work’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrō‘to work’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CElabōrātor‘worker’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500labōrātōrius‘laborable’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500labōrātōrium‘laboratory’neuter of labōrātōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1869laboratorium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCElabōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabor‘work’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElabōrō‘to work’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CElabōrātor‘worker’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500labōrātōrius‘laborable’
- Medieval Latin, derivedc. 600–1500labōrātōrium‘laboratory’neuter of labōrātōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1869laboratorium
Earliest quotation: 1869, The Dawn of Liberty: “Chemical Laboratorium of Dr. Faustus, at drawing of curtain…”
Linked words
through Latin labor ‘work’
labour, collapse, lava, lapse, laborious, labile, 10 more
through Latin labōrō ‘to work’
Today it means
noun A laboratory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin labōs / laboratorium