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Where does “toaleta” come from?

toaleta (Lower Sorbian) 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.

toaleta (Lower Sorbian): toilet; toilet, lavatory, WC

Definitions

  1. toilet; toilet, lavatory, WC

Ancestry of “toaleta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanToilettetoilet; toilette
2Frenchtoilettetoilet; the toilet, lavatory
3FrenchToile—
4Old Frenchtoilefabric; web
5Old FrenchteileAlternative form of toile
6Latintēla—
7Old Dutchtegela—
8Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
9Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
10Latintēgula—
11Latintegō—
12Proto-Italictegōcover
13Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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