Where does “baño” come from?

baño (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese banno, from Latin bāneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

baño (Galician): bath; bathtub; bathroom

Definitions

  1. bath; bathtub; bathroom

Ancestry of “baño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebanno
2Latinbāneumattested in Pompeii
3Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
4Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
5Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man

Words derived from “baño

Every word from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύςEvery word from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖονEvery word from Latin balneum
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