Etymology

laboratory

lab·or·a·to·ry
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Today it means: A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis. Full definition →

Medieval Latin labōrātōrium ← Late Latin labōrātor ← Latin labōrō
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The story

  1. Old Latinlabōs
  2. Latinlabor
  3. Latinlabōrō
  4. Late Latinlabōrātor
  5. Medieval Latinlabōrātōrius
  6. Medieval Latinlabōrātōrium
  7. English todaylaboratory

Borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinlabōrātōrium all →

laboratorium

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