Etymograph

English

half-bath

From half + bath.

A compound of half + bath

Proto-Germanic *halbaz

Proto-West Germanic *halb

Old English healf

Middle English half

English half

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 short bath of the feet, limbs, and abdomen that only reaches up to the chest where the upper half of the body is typically kept dry with minimal splashing (especially with water temperature not above 95°F nor below 75°F, and usually prescribed for the sick or unwell as a form of hydrotherapy)

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Etymograph / half-bath