Where does “loção” come from?
loção (Portuguese) comes from Latin lotio, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
loção (Portuguese): lotion
Ancestry of “loção”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lotio | a wash, washing; dative and ablative singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | lavō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | lawaō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | léwh₃eti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |