laver
French
verb
Definitions
- to wash
- (reflexive) to wash oneself
Etymology
Inherited from Old French laver inherited from Latin lavāre derived 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
- antediluvian English
- dissoluble English
- eluent English
- elution English
- exolve English
- latrine English
- lavage English
- resolute English
- solve English
- laveerata Finnish
- laveeraus Finnish
- abluo Latin
- abluēns Latin
- ablūtiō Latin
- absolvere Latin
- absolvo Latin
- absolūtiōnem Latin
- alluvio 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
- lavatōrium Latin
- lavāre Latin
- lavō Latin
- lavō, lavāre, lavo Latin
- lomentum Latin
- lora Latin
- luo Latin
- lūstrum Latin
- persolvo Latin
- resolvo Latin
- resolvō Latin
- resolūtiō Latin
- solutio Latin
- solutus Latin
- solvo Latin
- solūtiōnem Latin
- ēlūtus Latin
- lavare Italian
- autolaveur French
- lavage French
- lavandière French
- lave-vaisselle French
- lavement French
- laverie French
- laveur French
- lavoir French
- lavure French
- prélavage French
- relaver French
- vaisselle French
- lava Spanish, Castilian
- lavacoches Spanish, Castilian
- lavacopas Spanish, Castilian
- lavadero Spanish, Castilian
- lavador Spanish, Castilian
- lavadora Spanish, Castilian
- lavamanos Spanish, Castilian
- lavaparabrisas Spanish, Castilian
- lavar Spanish, Castilian
- lavarropas Spanish, Castilian
- lavatrastos Spanish, Castilian
- λούω Ancient Greek
- λύθρον Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃eti Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃trom, *lówh₃trom Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- lavar Portuguese
- *laugō Proto-Germanic
- lýja Old Norse
- absolu Old French
- laver Old French
- laveure Old French
- lavi Esperanto
- lavmaŝino Esperanto
- lavotabulo Esperanto
- lavujo Esperanto
- telerlavilo Esperanto
- լոգանամ Old Armenian
- lavman Turkish
- laver Norman
- lavar Old Portuguese
- *lowentenā Proto-Celtic
- lavar Occitan
- *lawaō Proto-Italic
- llavar Asturian
- lavâ Friulian
- lavari Sicilian
- lavön Volapük
- *lau- Proto-Albanian
- lavâ Ligurian
- lavâse Ligurian
- lave Haitian, Haitian Creole
- laba Kabuverdianu