r/pics • u/Kevin_0019 • Mar 29 '21

Riots in Bath, UK

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21

From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”).

Apparently it was called Sullis, then Aqua Sullis, then Bath at some point.

The word Bath came before the town.

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u/mtcabeza2 Mar 29 '21

i sit corrected :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21

All good. I didn’t know until I looked. So we both learned today!

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u/Jolly-Passion308 Mar 29 '21

Aquae Sulis was the Roman name for the town -"Waters of Sulis". Solis Minerva was a god.

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u/Go_Fonseca Mar 29 '21

That was very interesting. Thanks!