bain

bain · adjective, adverb¹

1. Old Norse · derived frombeinn“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”
2. Middle English · inherited frombain
3. English todaybain

From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).

bain · noun, verb²

1. Latin · derived frombaneum
2. Old French · derived frombain
3. Middle English · inherited frombayne
4. English todaybain

From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.

Bain · proper noun³

1. Latin · derived frombalneum
2. Old French · derived frombain“bath”
3. Old Norse · derived frombeinn“straight”
4. Old English · derived fromban“bone”
5. Scottish Gaelic · derived frombàn“white, fair”
6. English todayBain

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic bàn (“white, fair”), also found in McBain. * As an English surname, from Old English ban (“bone”). Also from bayn (“hospitable”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight”). * As a French surname, from Old French bain (“bath”), from Latin balneum. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Behn.

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