Word Origin Summary

Lavātōrium is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• lavatorie

  Middle English · borrowed from

• lavour

  Middle English · derived from

• lavatory

  French · borrowed from

• lavatory

  English · derived from

• lavatorium

  English · borrowed from

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