Where does “lixiviar” come from?
lixiviar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese lixívia, from Latin lixīva, from Latin lixīvus, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.
lixiviar (Portuguese): to lixiviate, leach
Ancestry of “lixiviar”, step by step