Where does “laver” come from?

laver (French) comes from Old French laver, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

laver (French): to wash; to wash oneself

Definitions

  1. to wash; to wash oneself

Ancestry of “laver”, step by step

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

Words derived from “laver”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →