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Where does “bathroomette” come from?

bathroomette (English) comes from English bathroom, from English room, from Middle English roum, from Old English rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

bathroomette (English): A small bathroom

Definitions

  1. A small bathroom

Ancestry of “bathroomette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbathroomA room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and a...
2EnglishroomOpportunity or scope; Space "for" something, or...
3Middle EnglishroumA space or area; A room
4Old Englishrūmroom, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,...
5Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
6Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
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