Where does “lava-” come from?

lava- (Italian) comes from Italian lavare, from Italian indossare, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

lava- (Italian): Used to form nouns related to washing

Definitions

Used to form nouns related to washing

Ancestry of “lava-”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	lavare	to wash
2	Italian	indossare	to put on, don or wear
3	Italian	in-	un-; in-; a-
4	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “lava-”

akoralava
andavanandro
bibilava
lavaelatra
lavalampa
lavasalaka
taimilava

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →