Etymograph

English

showerbath

From shower + bath.

A compound of shower + bath

Proto-Germanic *skūrō ‘storm’

Proto-West Germanic *skūru

Old English sċūr

Middle English schour

English shower

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 bathtub equipped with a shower over it.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “showerbath”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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