English word lab comes from Latin laboro, Latin laboratus, English -atory, and later Latin laborator ((Medieval Latin, agriculture) plowman, tiller of the soil.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| laboro | Latin (lat) | (transitive) I produce. I am imperiled. I endeavor, strive. I suffer, am oppressed, am afflicted with. I toil, labor. |
| laboratus | Latin (lat) | |
| -atory | English (en) | 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 (lat) | (Medieval Latin, agriculture) plowman, tiller of the soil. |
| labotatorius | Latin (lat) | |
| laboratorium | Latin (lat) | Laboratory. |
| laboratory | English (en) | 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 (en) | (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.. (colloquial) A laboratory.. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. (obsolete) A telltale; a blabber. |