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Spa

2 stages from Walloon/French to English.

Today it means a place offering health, relaxation, and beauty treatments, often with mineral baths
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Spa
Walloon/French · medieval
"a Belgian town name"
a small town in Belgium famous since Roman times for its mineral springs
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spa
English · 1620s
"a place offering health and beauty treatments"
broadened from the town's name to any mineral spring or health resort
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