Where does “lavar” come from?
lavar (Old Catalan) comes from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
Ancestry of “lavar”, 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 |