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Where does “lavi” come from?

lavi (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.

lavi (Italian): second-person singular indicative present of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular indicative present of...

Ancestry of “lavi”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →