Where does “lavotabulo” come from?

lavotabulo (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.

lavotabulo (Esperanto): washboard

Definitions

  1. washboard

Ancestry of “lavotabulo”, step by step

lavotabulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto lavi

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

via Esperanto tabulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotabuloboard, plank, tablet
2Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
3Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti →Every word from Proto-Italic lawaō →