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Jun 18, 2024 · "hard labor, physical toil," mid-13c., from Old French travail, travaille, traval, "work,… See origin and meaning of travail.
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Signification de travail: travail; "Travail, peine," du...
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Bedeutung von travail: arbeiten; "Arbeit, Mühe," Mitte des...
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travail 뜻: 고생; "노동, 수고," 13세기 중반, 오래된 프랑스어 travail"일, 노동,...
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The earliest known use of the verb travail is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for travail is from around 1275, in Kentish Sermons.
The earliest known use of the noun travail is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for travail is from around 1275, in Kentish Sermons. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
Etymologists are pretty certain that travail comes from trepalium, the Late Latin name of an instrument of torture. We don't know exactly what a trepalium looked like, but the word's history gives us an idea.
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The noun 'travail' has its origins in Old French, where it appeared as 'travail' or 'travailler,' meaning 'to toil' or 'to work.' This Old French term was derived from the Vulgar Latin word 'tripaliare,' which was related to 'tripalium,' an instrument of torture consisting of three stakes.
The earliest known use of the noun travail is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for travail is from 1585, in a translation by Samuel Daniel, poet and historian. travail is a borrowing from French.
