English
lavage
Lavage comes from French lavage ‘washing’, from laver ‘to wash’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₃-‘to wash’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElavāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400laver‘to wash’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to wash’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlavage‘washing’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₃-‘to wash’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElavāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400laver‘to wash’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to wash’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlavage‘washing’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’
laundry, lavish, alluvial, deluge, lye, solute, launder, lather, lavatory, latrine, ablution, diluent, laver, lave, 14 more
Today it means
noun A washing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- / lavage