Where does “Damentoilette” come from?
Damentoilette (German) comes from German Toilette, 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.
Damentoilette (German): ladies' toilet, ladies' room
Definitions
- ladies' toilet, ladies' room
Ancestry of “Damentoilette”, step by step
Damentoilette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Toilette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Toilette | toilet; toilette |
| 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 German Dame
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dame | lady; lady; madam; queen |
| 2 | Italian | dama | lady; draughts / checkers; king |
| 3 | Polish | dama | lady; queen |
| 4 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 5 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |