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natatorium
Jul. 18th, 2016 08:00 amnatatorium (ney-tuh-TAWR-ee-uhm, ney-tuh-TOHR-ee-uhm) - n., a swimming pool, esp. an indoor swimming pool.
Coined in the 1890s in New England from Late Latin natātōrium, place for swimming, neuter form of Latin natātōrius, of swimming, from natātus, act of swimming, from the past participle of natāre, frequentative of nāre, to swim.
---L.
Coined in the 1890s in New England from Late Latin natātōrium, place for swimming, neuter form of Latin natātōrius, of swimming, from natātus, act of swimming, from the past participle of natāre, frequentative of nāre, to swim.
---L.
