labor
Latinwork, toil
About This Root
From Latin labōrāre (to work, toil). In English it spans individual effort (laborer, laborious, labored) and cooperative work (collaborate, collaboration). Elaborate originally meant 'worked out with care.' Laboratory is literally a 'place for working.' British English spells it labour.
Associated Words · 12
laboratory
A room or building equipped for scientific research and experiments
collaboration
Working together with others; a jointly produced work
elaborate
To explain in detail; highly detailed or complex
collaborate
To work jointly with others toward a common goal
laborer
A person who does physical or manual work for wages
elaboration
The process of adding detail or developing further
elaborately
In a detailed and careful manner
laborious
Requiring great effort and hard work
laboriously
In a way that requires great effort
labored
Done with great effort; lacking natural ease
labourer
A person who does unskilled physical work for wages
belabor
To dwell on something excessively; to criticize harshly