Where does “lavement” come from?

lavement (French) comes 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.

lavement (French): wash; washing; enema

Definitions

  1. wash; washing; enema

Ancestry of “lavement”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lavement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →
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