Where does “laundry ball” come from?
laundry ball (English) comes from English laundry, from Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria, from Latin lavandarium, from Latin lavare, from Latin lavo, from Proto-Italic lawaō — to wash.
laundry ball (English): A ball-shaped object used to clean clothes by...
Definitions
- A ball-shaped object used to clean clothes by...
Ancestry of “laundry ball”, step by step
laundry ball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English laundry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | laundry | A laundering; a washing; A place or room where... |
| 2 | Middle English | lavendrie | A part of a manor or a facility for washing clothes; a laundry |
| 3 | Old French | lavanderie | laundry |
| 4 | Latin | lavandaria | — |
| 5 | Latin | lavandarium | — |
| 6 | Latin | lavare | present active infinitive of lavō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | lavo | I wash, bathe; I wet, moisten |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lawaō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | léwh₃eti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |
via English Ball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ball | surname |
| 2 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 3 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 4 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 5 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 6 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |