Etymograph

English

labrose

Labrose comes from Latin labrosus ‘thick-lipped, blubber-lipped’, from labrum ‘lip’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang down’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leb-1‘to hang down’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabrum2‘lip’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabrosus2‘thick-lipped, blubber-lipped’
  4. Englishtodaylabrose2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin labrum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English labrose

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leb-Wiktionary, Latin labrum‘to hang down’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabrumWiktionary, English labrose‘lip’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabrosusWiktionary, English labrose‘thick-lipped, blubber-lipped’
  4. EnglishtodaylabroseWiktionary, English labrose

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang down’

la, lip, label, lap, limp, limbo, lobe, labia, lave, 13 more

through Latin labrum ‘lip’

labrum, 2 more

Today it means

adj Having thick lips (any sense).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “labrose”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin labrum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leb- / labrose

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