The origin of the Spanish word trabajar

We have seen published polemic studies, some of them more accurate than oth ers, about the etymological and semantic origin of trabajar and trabajo. In the field of modern philology it is not new to wonder about the evolution of TRIPALIARE as most problems that have derived from it have already been solved by the contribution of notable philologists. The aim of this brief s tudy is to analyze the existing theories about this word and further contri bute to understanding ther relation between the Latin root and the English words travail, travel.