Where does “lavage” come from?

Lavage comes from French lavage, derived from French laver, from Latin lavare and Latin lavo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃-, with the suffix from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

lavage (English): A washing; A washing of a hollow organ; To wash a...

Definitions

  1. A washing; A washing of a hollow organ; To wash a...

Ancestry of “lavage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlavagewashing
2Frenchlaverto wash; to wash oneself
3Old Frenchlaverto wash; to get washed
4Latinlavōto wash, bathe
5Proto-Italiclawaō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

Words derived from “lavage”

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