English
lavy
From lave (“to pour out, lavish”) + -y.
Formed from lave ‘to pour out, lavish’ + -y
Proto-West Germanic *labōn ‘to strengthen’
Old English lafian ‘to wet, make wet, bathe (something) in a…’
Middle English laven ‘to bathe, wash’
English lave
Another origin of lavy
- Old Norsec. 800–1350tangvé
- Irishc. 1200–presentlamhaidh
- Englishtodaylavy
Today it means
adj Lavish; liberal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lavy