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Where does “lavas” come from?

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

lavas (Latin): second-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “lavas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlavoI wash, bathe; I wet, moisten
2Proto-Italiclawaō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
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