Etymology

lavant

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Today it means: A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring. Full definition →

Middle English *lavand, *lavant ← Old English lafian
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lavant · noun1

  1. Old English · derived fromlafian“to pour water on, wash, lave, bathe, ladle out”
  2. Middle English · derived fromlaven“to stream, pour out a stream, wash”
  3. Middle English · inherited from*lavand, *lavant
  4. English todaylavant

Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *lavand, *lavant, lavande, present participle of Middle English laven (“to stream, pour out a stream, wash”), from Old English lafian (“to pour water on, wash, lave, bathe, ladle out”), equivalent to lave + -and; or from Old French lavant, present participle of laver (“to wash”). See lave.

Lavant · proper noun2

Compare lavant (“ephemeral spring”).

Lavant · proper noun3

Compare Slovene Labotnica.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishlaven all →

lavishlave

Old Englishlafian all →

lave

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