4 февр. 2024 г. · In the 19th century the word came to denote a dressing room, and, in the US, one with washing facilities; hence, a lavatory (early 20th century) ...

9 окт. 2017 г. · The word “toilet,” after all, comes from a word for “cloth” and denoted a place where you wash yourself. The word “lavatory” similarly also ...

13 янв. 2021 г. · The word “bathroom” originally meant the room where you took a bath. It's not a huge leap to include the toilet and a sink once indoor plumbing ...

12 февр. 2019 г. · Toilet: Etymology. From Middle French toilette (“small cloth”), diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while ...

25 окт. 2017 г. · A bathroom is a room where you take a bath in a bathtub. But in a general sense, a bathroom may refer to a fully functional room where there is ...

3 февр. 2024 г. · No, “bathroom” is a universal English word created by combining the English words “bath” and “room” to identify a room with a bath in it, and ...

2 окт. 2022 г. · It was a corruption of the word L'eau meaning water. It was used when the contents of chamber pots or buckets containing urine were thrown into ...

13 авг. 2024 г. · Yes, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore use this term too. Spanish-speaking countries use the term “baño” which means bathroom, ...

19 июн. 2024 г. · No. It's a word used all over the English speaking world, and the meaning of the word is a room where there's a bath, unlike in the USA where ...

6 июл. 2015 г. · The word restroom comes from the former provision of rooms that were an antechamber to public toilets, with comfortable chairs for resting.