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Where does “laveoir” come from?

laveoir (Old French) comes from Latin lavatōrium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Ancestry of “laveoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlavatōrium—
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōrius—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “laveoir”

  • laver
  • laverbread
  • lavour
  • laver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →