Where does “cubicle” come from?

Cubicle comes from Latin cubiculum, formed with the diminutive suffix -culum from cubare, meaning to lie down, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-.

cubicle (English): A small separate part or one of the compartments...

Definitions

  1. A small separate part or one of the compartments...

Ancestry of “cubicle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincubiculumA small bedroom; bedchamber
2Latincubāre—
3Latincubōto lie down, recline
4Proto-Italickubāōto lie down
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

Words derived from “cubicle”

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