Etymology

caldarium

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Today it means: In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium. Full definition →

Latin caldārium
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcaldārium“room containing warm water for bathing”
  2. English todaycaldarium

Unadapted borrowing from Latin caldārium (“room containing warm water for bathing”), substantive of caldārius (“of, pertaining to or suitable for bathing”), from caldus (“warm, hot”) + -ārius, alternative form of calidus, from caleō (“to be warm or hot; glow”).

Words from the same roots

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