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How to spell bathe

What it means: To wash someone or something in water.

In a sentence: I like to bathe my rubber duck in the tub. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as bath or baith.

Same family: bath, bathing, bathed, bathtub, bathroom. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Bathe” comes from Old English “baþian,” meaning to wash or immerse in water, and is related to the noun “bath.” Both words go back to ancient Germanic roots connected with warm water and washing.

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