We’ve already discussed how the Spanish lavar is related to other words in English like deluge.
But there’s a more obvious connection, that we’ll discuss today: lavar, meaning “to wash” is related to the English… lavatory. I guess there’s a reason why the British call it the “wash room”!
Both come from the Latin lavare, similarly meaning “to was”. And we can see the l‑v root clearly in both.
