Etymology

bagnio

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Italian bagno ← Latin balneum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombalneum“bath”
  2. Italian · borrowed frombagno
  3. English todaybagnio

From Italian bagno, from Latin balneum (“bath”). Doublet of bain, balaneion, and banya.

Words from the same roots

Latinbalneum all →

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