labrador · noun1
Named after Labrador Peninsula in Canada where the breed was developed.
Labrador · proper noun, noun2
- Latin · derived fromlabor“work”
- Portuguese · derived fromlavrador“landholder, farmer”
- English todayLabrador
Named after Portuguese explorer João Fernandes Lavrador, from Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), ultimately from Latin labor (“work”).
Words from the same roots
Latinlabor all →
labour
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.