Where does “bath” come from?

bath (Cornish) comes from English Bath, from Middle English baþ, from Old English bæþ, from Proto-West Germanic baþ, from Proto-Germanic baþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

bath (Cornish): coin

Definitions

  1. coin

Ancestry of “bath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBathAn English marquisate
2Middle EnglishbaþAlternative form of bath
3Old Englishbæþbath; baptismal font
4Proto-West Germanicbaþbath
5Proto-Germanicbaþąbath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

Words derived from “bath”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →