Where does “toilegami” come from?
toilegami (English) comes from English toilet, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
toilegami (English): The practice of folding the first available sheet on a roll of toilet paper, done in hotels to indicate to guests that the bathroom has been cleaned
Definitions
- The practice of folding the first available sheet on a roll of toilet paper, done in hotels to indicate to guests that the bathroom has been cleaned
Ancestry of “toilegami”, step by step
toilegami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English toilet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toilet | A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread... |
| 2 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 3 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 4 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 5 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 6 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 7 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 10 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 11 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |