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Where does “balneāre” come from?

balneāre (Latin) comes from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

Ancestry of “balneāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
2Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
3Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man
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