IN GREEK
μπάνιο
banio
bath; bathroom; swimming
IN TURKISH
banyo
banyo
bath; bathroom
WEAR THE WORD
μπάνιο in blue ink and banyo in red, on a T shirt, a tote or a mug.
THE RECORD
- LENT BY, BORROWED BY
- Shared from a third language
- STARTED IN
- Ancient Greek (βαλανεῖον via Latin and Italian)
- CATEGORY
- Household
- HOW THE MEANING DRIFTED
- Modern Greek additionally uses μπάνιο for swimming and swimming trips.
- NOTES
- Round trip through Romance; Turkish and Greek modern forms both derive from Italian bagno rather than one directly from the other; Ultimate origin Greek but the modern forms are independently borrowed from Italian
COMMENTS
An editor reads every comment before it appears.
SOURCES
- Triantafyllidis, Lexiko tis Koinis Neoellinikis, entry μπάνιο www.greek-language.gr
- Rona & Dedes (2007), Languages in Contact: Greek Loanwords in Turkish, Journal of Turkish Studies 31/II, p. 190–193 makale.isam.org.tr
Etymologies are checked against the dictionaries and studies listed. An entry is stamped settled only when both the Greek and the Turkish side have been checked. Research for this ledger was compiled with AI assistance and reviewed by the editors.
HOW TO CITE THIS ENTRY
Gold, K. (ed.) (2026) ‘μπάνιο / banyo’, entry 125, Defter ή Tefteri: a ledger of shared Greek and Turkish words. https://defteritefteri.com/en/w/125-banio/. Accessed [day month year].