natatorium (n.)

1890, a New Englandish word for "swimming pool, place for swimming," from Late Latinnatatorium, from Latinnatator "swimmer" (fromnare "to swim") +-ium, neuter suffix. Latinnare is from PIE root*sna- "to swim." Middle English hadnatatorie "a pool, bath," early 14c., from Latin.

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*sna-

*snā-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to swim," with extended form*(s)nāu- "to swim, flow; to let flow," hence "to suckle."

It might form all or part of:Naiad;natant;natation;natatorial;natatorium;nekton;nourish;nurse;nursery;nurture;nutrient;nutriment;nutrition;nutritious;nutritive;supernatant.

It might also be the source of: Sanskritsnati "bathes,"snauti "she drips, gives milk;" Avestansnayeite "washes, cleans;" Armeniannay "wet, liquid;" Greeknotios "wet, damp," Greeknan "I flow,"nekhein "to swim;" Latinnare "to swim,"natator "swimmer;" Middle Irishsnaim "I swim,"snam "a swimming."

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Old English bæð "an immersing of the body in water, mud, etc.," also "a quantity of water, etc., for bathing," from Proto-Germanic *badan (source also of Old Frisian beth, Old Saxon bath, Old Norse bað, Middle Dutch bat, German Bad), from PIE root *bhē- "to warm" + *-thuz, German

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