Where does “louça” come from?
louça (Portuguese) comes from Latin lautia, from Latin lautus, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
louça (Portuguese): dishware, dishes; crockery; china
Definitions
- dishware, dishes; crockery; china
Ancestry of “louça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lautia | toiletries; magnificence, splendor |
| 2 | Latin | lautus | washed, bathed, having been washed; elegant,... |
| 3 | Latin | lavō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lawaō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | léwh₃eti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |