Where does “lèvre” come from?

lèvre (French) comes from Middle French lévre, from Old French levre, from Vulgar Latin labra, from Latin lābrum, from Latin lavābrum, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti — to wash.

lèvre (French): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “lèvre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlévre—
2Old Frenchlevre—
3Vulgar Latinlabra—
4Latinlābrumlip
5Latinlavābrum—
6Latinlavōto wash, bathe
7Proto-Italiclawaō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

Words derived from “lèvre”

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