Where does “lavaelatra” come from?
lavaelatra (Malagasy) comes from Italian lava-, from Italian lavare, from Italian indossare, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
lavaelatra (Malagasy): sooty falcon (Falco concolor)
Definitions
- sooty falcon (Falco concolor)
Ancestry of “lavaelatra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lava- | Used to form nouns related to washing |
| 2 | Italian | lavare | to wash |
| 3 | Italian | indossare | to put on, don or wear |
| 4 | Italian | in- | un-; in-; a- |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |