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English word lava comes from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-, and later Latin lavo (I wash, bathe. I wet, moisten.)
*lowh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)
lavo (Latin)
I wash, bathe. I wet, moisten.
lavare (Italian)
(transitive) to wash.
lava (Italian)
Lava.
lava (English)
(informal, proscribed) Magma.. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.