Labo(u)r [Labor, Labour]

Morpheme

Labo(u)r [Labor, Labour]

Type

free base

Denotation

work, toil, exertion

Etymology

Latin labor; Old Latin labōs

Evidence

belabor, elaborate, elaborated, elaborately, elaborates, elaborating, elaboration, elaborator, inelaborate, labor, laboral, labored, laborer, laboress, laboring, laborious, laborist, laborless, laborlore, labors, labour, laboured, labouring, labourite, labours, microlabor, nonlabor, overelaborate, overlabor, prelabor, unelaborate

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable