bath

bath · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₁-
2. Proto-Germanic*baþą
3. Proto-West Germanic*baþ
4. Old Englishbæþ
5. Middle Englishbath
6. English todaybath

From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

bath · noun²

1. Hebrew · derived fromבַּת
2. English todaybath

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

Bath · proper noun³

1. Old English · inherited fromBaþan
2. Middle English · inherited fromBathe
3. English todayBath

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

Bath · proper noun⁴

1. Arabic · derived fromبَعْث“resurrection”
2. English todayBath

Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”).

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