Where does “lavacara” come from?

lavacara (Spanish) comes from Spanish lavar, from Latin lavō, from Proto-Italic lawaō, from Proto-Indo-European léwh₃eti, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

lavacara (Spanish): washbasin

Definitions

  1. washbasin

Ancestry of “lavacara”, step by step

lavacara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish lavar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlavarto wash; to wipe, clear
2Latinlavōto wash, bathe
3Proto-Italiclawaō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Spanish cara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaraface; gall, nerve; side
2Vulgar Latincaraface
3Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
4Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—

Words derived from “lavacara”

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