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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.

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