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lavish (adj.)
mid-15c., from M.Fr.
lavasse
(n.), from O.Fr.
lavache
"torrent (of rain), deluge," from
laver
"to wash," from L.
lavare
"to wash" (see
lave
). The verb is first recorded 1540s.