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English word labor comes from Proto-Indo-European *leb-, Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b-, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) labur (Labor; work; toil.)
*leb- (Proto-Indo-European)
to hang down, to hang loosely , to hang loosely, droop, sag, blade, to hang down, droop
*leh₂b- (Proto-Indo-European)
labor (Latin)
work. Illness. Labour.
laboro (Latin)
(transitive) I produce. I am imperiled. I endeavor, strive. I suffer, am oppressed, am afflicted with. I toil, labor.
labur (Old French)
Labor; work; toil.
laborer (Old French)
To work; to labor.
labor (English)