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Where does “baño” come from?

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

baño (Spanish): bath; bathroom; toilet

Definitions

  1. bath; bathroom; toilet

Ancestry of “baño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishbanno—
2Latinbāneum—
3Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
4Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
5Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man

Words derived from “baño”

  • bañista
  • ñoba
  • bañera
  • bañadera
  • banyo
  • banyera
  • banyo
  • banyo
  • banyo
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