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French word travailler comes from Latin tres, Latin paludem, and later Latin tripalis (That has, or is propped up by, three stakes or pales.)

tres (Latin)

paludem (Latin)

tripalis (Latin)

That has, or is propped up by, three stakes or pales.

tripalium (Latin)

*tripalio (Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) I torture, cause to suffer.. (Vulgar Latin, by extension) I suffer, toil.. (Vulgar Latin, later) I work.

*tripaliāre (Vulgar Latin)

traveillier (Old French)

To suffer. To torment oneself.

travailler (Middle French)

To suffer (be in a state of suffering).

travailler (French)

To struggle. To study. To work.

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