English
lavatorium
Lavatorium comes from Late Latin lavātōrium ‘a washroom or -place, particularly a lavatorium’, from Latin lavō ‘wash’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₃-‘to wash’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lowō‘to wash’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElavō‘wash’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CElavātōrium‘a washroom or -place, particularly a lavatorium’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903lavatorium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₃-‘to wash’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lowō‘to wash’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElavō‘wash’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CElavātōrium‘a washroom or -place, particularly a lavatorium’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903lavatorium
Earliest quotation: 1903, Max Pemberton, London: Hodder and Stoughton […]: “[T]he attendant returned and invited her to go to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’
laundry, lavish, lye, solute, lather, latrine, lavage, 14 more
through Latin lavō ‘wash’
deluge, alluvial, launder, ablution, diluent, lave, 9 more
through Late Latin lavātōrium ‘a washroom or -place, particularly a lavatorium’
Today it means
noun A washroom or -place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- / lavatorium