Where does “lavō” come from?

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

lavō (Latin): to wash, bathe

Definitions

  1. to wash, bathe

Ancestry of “lavō”, step by step

lavō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic lawaō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italiclawaō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Proto-Italic *lowō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*lowōto wash

Words derived from “lavō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti →Every word from Proto-Italic lawaō →