Where does “lessatura” come from?

lessatura (Italian) comes from Italian lessare, from Latin elixāre, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

lessatura (Italian): boiling

Definitions

  1. boiling

Ancestry of “lessatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlessareto boil, to stew, to poach
2Latinelixāre—
3Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
4Latin*lixusnow the Loukkos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →Every word from Latin *lixus →Every word from Latin lixa →