Where does “banĉambro” come from?
banĉambro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉambro, from French chambré, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
banĉambro (Esperanto): a room for bathing, bathroom
Definitions
- a room for bathing, bathroom
Ancestry of “banĉambro”, step by step
banĉambro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ĉambro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĉambro | room; chamber |
| 2 | French | chambré | room temperature (of wine), chambré |
| 3 | Old French | chambre | room; chamber; bedroom, sleeping quarters |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Esperanto bani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | bani | to bathe |
| 2 | French | baigner | to bathe; to go for a swim |
| 3 | Old French | baignier | to bathe; to take a bath; to bathe oneself |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | baneare | to bathe oneself |
| 5 | Latin | balneāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | balneum | bath, bathing place, bathroom |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βαλανεῖον | bath, bathing room; bathhouse |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βᾰλᾰνεύς | bath-man |