Where does “eluvies” come from?

eluvies (Latin) comes from Latin eluo, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

eluvies (Latin): washing away

Definitions

  1. washing away

Ancestry of “eluvies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatineluoI wash out or away; I rinse; I elute
2Latinlavōto wash, bathe
3Proto-Italiclawaō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti →Every word from Proto-Italic lawaō →