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English word lab comes from Latin laboro, Latin laboratus, English -atory, and later Latin laborator ((Medieval Latin, agriculture) plowman, tiller of the soil.)
laboro (Latin)
(transitive) I produce. I am imperiled. I endeavor, strive. I suffer, am oppressed, am afflicted with. I toil, labor.
laboratus (Latin)
-atory (English)
Forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified. Forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place.
laborator (Latin)
(Medieval Latin, agriculture) plowman, tiller of the soil.
labotatorius (Latin)
laboratorium (Latin)
Laboratory.
laboratory (English)
A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.. A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
lab (English)
(colloquial) A Labrador retriever.. (colloquial) A laboratory.. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.