laver

laver · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromlaver“water plant”
2. Old English · inherited fromlæfer
3. Middle English · inherited fromlaver
4. English todaylaver

From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).

laver · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromlavātōrium
2. Old French · derived fromlaveoir, laveor, laveour, lavor, lavur
3. Middle English · inherited fromlaver
4. English todaylaver

From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French laveoir, laveor, laveour, lavor, lavur, from Latin lavātōrium. Doublet of lavatorium and lavatory.

laver · noun³

From lave + -er.

Laver · proper noun⁴

1. Norman · derived fromlaver
2. English todayLaver

Occupational surname for a washerman, from Anglo-Norman laver.