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Summary: The Latin root word *labor* means "work." This Latin root is the word origin of a "working" number of English vocabulary words, including col[*labor*]ate, *labor* itself, and e[*labor*]ate. The root *labor* is easily recalled via the word [*labor*]atory, for that is where scientists do their "work."