launder
English
/ˈlɔːndə/, /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔndɚ/, /ˈlɑndɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.
- (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
- A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
- A gutter (for rainwater).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lavender derived from Old French lavandiere derived from Latin lavandena, lavō (I wash, wash, bathe, cleanse) root from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (wash, bathe, cut off, separate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewh₃-
Gloss
wash, bathe, cut off, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablute English
- ablution English
- antediluvian English
- dissoluble English
- eluent English
- elution English
- exolve English
- latrine English
- launderability English
- launderable English
- launderer English
- launderess English
- launderette English
- laundress English
- relaunder English
- resolute English
- solve English
- *lavatūra Latin
- abluo Latin
- abluēns Latin
- ablūtiō Latin
- absolvere Latin
- absolvo Latin
- absolūtiōnem Latin
- aequilavium Latin
- alluo Latin
- alluvio Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- diluo Latin
- diluvium Latin
- dissolutus Latin
- dissolvere, dissolvo Latin
- dissolvo Latin
- dissolvēns Latin
- dissolūtiō Latin
- dīluvium Latin
- dīlūtus Latin
- eluo Latin
- exsolvo Latin
- latrina Latin
- lavabrum Latin
- lavandaria Latin
- lavandena Latin
- lavandārius Latin
- lavatio Latin
- lavatorium Latin
- lavatōrium Latin
- lavāre Latin
- lavō Latin
- lomentum Latin
- lora Latin
- lotium Latin
- luo Latin
- lūstrum Latin
- perlavo Latin
- perlavāre Latin
- perlavō Latin
- persolvo Latin
- polluo Latin
- resolvo Latin
- resolvō Latin
- resolūtiō Latin
- solutio Latin
- solutus Latin
- solvo Latin
- solūtiōnem Latin
- subluo Latin
- ēlūtus Latin
- wasserette Dutch, Flemish
- λούω Ancient Greek
- λύθρον Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *lowh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃eti Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃trom, *lówh₃trom Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- lava Portuguese
- *laugō Proto-Germanic
- lavender Middle English
- lavendrye Middle English
- lýja Old Norse
- absolu Old French
- lavandiere Old French
- llavar Catalan, Valencian
- lături Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lăun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- լոգանամ Old Armenian
- лосион Bulgarian
- *lowentenā Proto-Celtic
- lau Aromanian
- *lawaō Proto-Italic
- *lau- Proto-Albanian
- lavâse Ligurian