Where does “lava” come from?
lava (Neapolitan) comes from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás.
lava (Neapolitan): a torrent of rain which washed the streets
Definitions
- a torrent of rain which washed the streets
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Words derived from “lava”