Re: The
Corporate "Lavare" Family Tree
Posted
by TheFallen on May 14, 2002 In Reply to: The
Corporate "Lavare" Family Tree posted by Bruce Kahl on May 13, 2002
: : : : what is the origns of the word lavation?
: : : From Latin:
: : :
Past participle of lavre or lavare---to wash.
: : : The word "lavatory" comes
to mind as another English word from lavare.
: : : Lavabo--a ceremony at a Roman
Catholic Mass in which the celebrant washes his hands.
: : : Lavage--The therapeutic
washing out of an organ.
: : : Lavish--from "lavasse" which is a deluge of rain.
:
: : Gonna stop now since I can easily obsess on this. I do this to my kids and
it drives them nuts.
: : Look out, here's a Spanish visitor to Rome: the high-flyin',
hand-washin', El Lavation.
: Lava Soap
: Rich lathering pumice soap digs
in and powers out ground-in dirt.
: Available in bar or liquid.
: Lavoris
Mouth Wash
: Instant long lasting protection.
: Original cinnamon flavor.
:
Lavare Soaps
: "Dont be fooled by the soap bar look. Its a Lavare Moisturizing
Lotion Bar."
In overly obsessive style, I'm having to disallow Lava soap from
the above list as almost certainly not having sprung from the Latin "lavare",
but rather from lava, as in volcanoes, which are, I believe, a primary source
of pumice stone :) My pathetically hopeless dictionary leads me to believe that
contrarily enough, "lava" comes to us, via Italian, from the Latin "labare", meaning
to be about to fall.
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