English
lavement
Lavement comes from French lavement ‘wash’, and goes back to 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–presentlavement‘wash’
- 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–presentlavement‘wash’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’
laundry, deluge, lavish, alluvial, lye, solute, lavatory, launder, lather, latrine, ablution, laver, diluent, 14 more
through French laver ‘to wash’
Today it means
noun A washing, a bathing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- / lavement