Etymology

eyebath

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Today it means: A cup-shaped vessel used to apply eyewash. Full definition →

English bath ← Middle English bath ← Old English bæþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*augô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*augā
  4. Old Englishēage
  5. Middle Englisheye
  6. Englisheye
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Germanic*baþą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*baþ
  10. Old Englishbæþ
  11. Middle Englishbath
  12. Englishbath
  13. English todayeyebath

From eye + bath.

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