Etymology

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Late Latin ēlabōrātus
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromēlabōrātus“worked out”
  2. English todayelaborate

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.

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