nymphaeum

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνυμφαῖον
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromnymphaeum
3. English todaynymphaeum

Learned borrowing from Latin nymphaeum, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖον (numphaîon), a substantivisation of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).