Where does “balneário” come from?

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

balneário (Portuguese): bath

Definitions

  1. bath

Ancestry of “balneário”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbalneariusOf, pertaining to or frequenting baths or...
2Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
3Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
4Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man
Every word from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς →Every word from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον →Every word from Latin balneum →