Where does “bañu” come from?

bañu (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec) comes from Spanish baño, from Old Spanish banno, from Latin bāneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

bañu (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec): toilet

Definitions

  1. toilet

Ancestry of “bañu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbañobath; bathroom; toilet
2Old Spanishbannobath, bathing pool
3Latinbāneumattested in Pompeii
4Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
5Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
6Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man
Every word from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύςEvery word from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖονEvery word from Latin balneum