Where does “lavatore” come from?
lavatore (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.
lavatore (Italian): washer; scrubber
Definitions
- washer; scrubber
Ancestry of “lavatore”, step by step
lavatore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian lavare
| 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 |
via Latin lavator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | lavator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | lavatōrium | A washroom or -place, a lavatorium |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |