travailler

French

verb
Definitions
  • to work
  • to study
  • to struggle

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French travailler inherited from Old French traveillier (suffer) inherited from Latin *tripaliāre, tripālis (that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales).

Origin

Latin

tripālis

Gloss

that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales

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