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Where does “lavadura” come from?

lavadura (Galician) comes from Galician lavar, from Old Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavare, from Latin lavo, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

lavadura (Galician): wash, washing; wash water that, because of the...

Definitions

  1. wash, washing; wash water that, because of the...

Ancestry of “lavadura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianlavarto wash
2Old Portugueselavar—
3Latinlavarepresent active infinitive of lavō; second-person...
4LatinlavoI wash, bathe; I wet, moisten
5Proto-Italiclawaō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
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