Where does “lavujo” come from?

lavujo (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.

lavujo (Esperanto): sink, basin

Definitions

  1. sink, basin

Ancestry of “lavujo”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti →Every word from Proto-Italic lawaō →