English

eyebath

From eye + bath.

A compound of eye + bath

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- ‘to warm’

Proto-Germanic *baþą

Proto-West Germanic *baþ

Old English bæþ

Middle English bath ‘a medicinal or curative bath’

English bath

Today it means

noun A cup-shaped vessel used to apply eyewash.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.