Where does “broncholavage” come from?

broncholavage (English) comes from English lavage, from French lavage, from French laver, from Old French laver, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

broncholavage (English): bronchoalveolar lavage

Definitions

  1. bronchoalveolar lavage

Ancestry of “broncholavage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlavageA washing; A washing of a hollow organ; To wash a...
2Frenchlavagewashing
3Frenchlaverto wash; to wash oneself
4Old Frenchlaverto wash; to get washed
5Latinlavōto wash, bathe
6Proto-Italiclawaō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →