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Where does “îmbăia” come from?

îmbăia (Romanian) comes from Romanian baie, from Hungarian bánya, from Proto-Slavic baňa, from Latin bāneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

îmbăia (Romanian): to take a bath; to give a bath to

Definitions

  1. to take a bath; to give a bath to

Ancestry of “îmbăia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbaiebathroom; bath, bathtub
2Hungarianbányamine; healing spring or bath
3Proto-Slavicbaňabath, bathing, bathing place; dome; bulging,...
4Latinbāneum—
5Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
6Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
7Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man
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