Where does “lues” come from?

lues (Czech) comes from Latin luēs, from Latin luō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

lues (Czech): syphilis

Definitions

  1. syphilis

Ancestry of “lues”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinluēsplague, pestilence, epidemic
2Latinluōto wash
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Latin luō →Every word from Latin luēs →