Where does “louza” come from?

louza (Galician) comes from Latin lautia, from Latin lautus, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

louza (Galician): dishware; crockery

Definitions

  1. dishware; crockery

Ancestry of “louza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlautiatoiletries; magnificence, splendor
2Latinlautuswashed, bathed, having been washed; elegant,...
3Latinlavōto wash, bathe
4Proto-Italiclawaō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

Words derived from “louza”

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