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Where does “lavata” come from?

lavata (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lavi, 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.

lavata (Esperanto): singular present passive participle of lavi

Definitions

  1. singular present passive participle of lavi

Ancestry of “lavata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolavito wash, to launder
2Frenchlaverto wash; to wash oneself
3Old Frenchlaverto wash; to get washed
4Latinlavō—
5Proto-Italiclawaō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →