bathen
Middle English
/ˈbaːðən/
verb
Definitions
- To put something or someone in water:
- To bathe; to have a bath or immerse oneself in liquid.
- To enjoy or relax in something; to benefit from something.
- (rare) To immerse or absorb in something; to cause immersion or absorption of something.
- (rare) To swim; to move in water.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English baþian (bathe, wash) inherited from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (bathe, wash).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*baþōną
Gloss
bathe, wash
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bathe English
- batheable English
- bather English
- bathing English
- bebathe English
- dustbathe English
- embathe English
- firebathe English
- forbathe English
- imbathe English
- moonbathe English
- sandbathe English
- starbathe English
- sunbathe English
- *bʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *baþōną Proto-Germanic
- baðian Old English
- baþian Old English
- bebaþian Old English
- beþian Old English
- baathe Middle English
- bathyng Middle English
- baða Old Norse
- baðask Old Norse
- badon Old High German
- badōn Old High German
- bathon Old Dutch
- *bathia Old Frisian