Where does “nespălat” come from?

nespălat (Romanian) comes from Romanian spălat, from Romanian spăla, from Latin experlavō, from Latin perlavō, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

nespălat (Romanian): unwashed, dirty, filthy; boorish; country bumpkin

Definitions

  1. unwashed, dirty, filthy; boorish; country bumpkin

Ancestry of “nespălat”, step by step

nespălat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian spălat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianspălatpast participle of spăla- washed
2Romanianspălato wash; to bathe, wash oneself
3Latinexperlavō
4Latinperlavōto wash or bathe thoroughly
5Latinlavōto wash, bathe
6Proto-Italiclawaō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Romanian ne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianneus
2Vulgar Latinnis
3Latinnōswe, us
4Proto-Italicnōswe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃etiEvery word from Proto-Italic lawaō
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