Where does “lavâ” come from?
lavâ (Ligurian) comes from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
lavâ (Ligurian): to wash
Ancestry of “lavâ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lavō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | lawaō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | léwh₃eti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |
Words derived from “lavâ”