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Where does “lavabile” come from?

lavabile (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.

lavabile (Italian): washable

Definitions

  1. washable

Ancestry of “lavabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlavareto wash
2Italianindossareto put on, don or wear
3Italianin-un-; in-; a-
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “lavabile”

  • lavabilità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →