Where does “lisciviare” come from?

lisciviare (Italian) comes from Italian liscivia, from Latin lixīva, from Latin lixīvus, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

lisciviare (Italian): To leach or lixiviate

Definitions

  1. To leach or lixiviate

Ancestry of “lisciviare”, step by step

lisciviare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian liscivia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianliscivialye
2Latinlixīvalye, alkalized water
3Latinlixīvusmade into lye
4Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
5Latin*lixusnow the Loukkos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

via Medieval Latin lixiviāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinlixiviāre—

Words derived from “lisciviare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →Every word from Latin *lixus →Every word from Latin lixa →