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Where does “bayne” come from?

bayne (Middle English) comes from Old French bain, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

Ancestry of “bayne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbainbath
2Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
3Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
4Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man

Words derived from “bayne”

  • bain
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