Where does “τουαλέτα” come from?
τουαλέτα (Greek) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
τουαλέτα (Greek): toilet, lavatory, WC; dressing table; The process...
Definitions
- toilet, lavatory, WC; dressing table; The process...
Ancestry of “τουαλέτα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 2 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 3 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 4 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 5 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 6 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 9 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 10 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |