Where does “toilet bowl” come from?
toilet bowl (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.
toilet bowl (English): Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of...
Definitions
- Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of...
Ancestry of “toilet bowl”, step by step
toilet bowl 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 |
via English bowl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bowl | A roughly hemispherical container used to hold,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bolle | pod; shell |
| 3 | Old English | bolla | bowl |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |