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
- A washing; A washing of a hollow organ; To wash a...
Ancestry of “lavage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | lavage | washing |
| 2 | French | laver | to wash; to wash oneself |
| 3 | Old French | laver | to wash; to get washed |
| 4 | Latin | lavō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lawaō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | léwh₃eti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |
Words derived from “lavage”