lave

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 309 words | Copyright

lave (arch.) wash, bathe; pour out. XIII. —(O)F. laver :- L. lavāre, corr. obscurely to Gr. loúein wash, Arm. loganam I bathe. Coalesced in ME. with OE. lafian wash by affusion, pour (water), if this vb. survived ( = (M)Du. laven, OHG. labōn, G. laben refresh— L. lavāre).

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