Where does “spălătorie” come from?
spălătorie (Romanian) comes from Romanian spălător, 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.
spălătorie (Romanian): washhouse, laundry
Ancestry of “spălătorie”, step by step