Etymology

bask

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Today it means: To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat. Full definition →

Middle English basken ← Old Norse baðask ← Proto-Germanic *baþōną
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*baþōną
  2. Old Norse · derived frombaðask“to take a bath”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombasken
  4. English todaybask

Inherited from Middle English basken, from Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*baþōną all →

bathe

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