lave
An act of bathing or washingAn act of bathing or washing; a bath or bathe, a wash.
Meaning
4 sensesAn act of bathing or washing; a bath or bathe, a wash.
(also, figuratively, rare)The sea.
(uncountable)That which is left over; a remainder, a remnant, the rest.
(rare, uncountable)A relict, a widow.
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English laven (“to bathe, wash; to bail or draw water, draThe verb is derived from Middle English laven (“to bathe, wash; to bail or draw water, drain, exhaust; to dampen, wet; to pour; of water, etc.: to flow, stream”), and then partly:
From Northern Middle English lave, Middle English love, Early Middle English lafe (“remainder, rest; legacy; relict, widow”), from Old English lāf (“remainder, rest; heirloom; legacy; relict, widow”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibu (“remainder”), from Proto-Germanic *laibō (“remainder, remnant”), from *lībaną (“to be left, to remain”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or sticky substance”). Doublet of belive (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) to remain, stay”).
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