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nymphaeum

The origin and history of nymphaeum.

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin nymphaeum, which came from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖον (numphaîon), a noun formed from νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), itself from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).

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