Where does “コインランドリー” come from?
コインランドリー (Japanese) comes from English coin laundry, from English laundry, from Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria, from Latin lavandarium, from Latin lavare, from Latin lavo — to wash.
コインランドリー (Japanese): A self-service laundry facility: laundromat US, laundrette UK
Definitions
- A self-service laundry facility: laundromat US, laundrette UK
Ancestry of “コインランドリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coin laundry | regardless of whether it uses coins or not |
| 2 | English | laundry | A laundering; a washing; A place or room where... |
| 3 | Middle English | lavendrie | A part of a manor or a facility for washing clothes; a laundry |
| 4 | Old French | lavanderie | laundry |
| 5 | Latin | lavandaria | — |
| 6 | Latin | lavandarium | — |
| 7 | Latin | lavare | present active infinitive of lavō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | lavo | I wash, bathe; I wet, moisten |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lawaō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | léwh₃eti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |