24 нояб. 2021 г. · The word toilette eventually came to mean “to bathe,” for example “faire ta toilette” means to take a bath or shower, or to get washed up. Which ...

28 мая 2020 г. · In Turkish, the word "tuvalet" (toilet) means the room where you go to use the toilet, especially if the room does not have a shower/bathtub.

6 окт. 2022 г. · As that notes, "toilette" comes originally from "toile" -- cloth. So one of the very first definitions is "B. [En rapport avec la parure] 1.

20 дек. 2016 г. · Etymonline first attests "water closet" in 1755. Presumably the first WCs were converted closets (or closet-sized rooms) that had running water ...

18 сент. 2018 г. · For example, toilet comes from the french word 'toile' or 'toilette' which was a piece of cloth used as a wrapper for clothes.

28 янв. 2023 г. · Exactly the same in French. Salle de bain (bath room) and toilette. Well, a lot of places have just one room for all activities now (I speak for ...

8 дек. 2022 г. · Klosett is an older German word for Toilette. Similar to water closet. It is derived from the Latin word „claudere“, meaning to close. I ...

4 дек. 2021 г. · The word "toilet" has had several meanings over the years. At one point it meant a cloth. Later on it was used to describe the process of ...

3 мар. 2023 г. · As an insult to the English to describe the room. They, in turn took the French word toilet (toilette). So, when Americans call it restroom, ...

17 нояб. 2022 г. · Toilette is French for the process of washing/grooming oneself. Eau de toilette is "grooming water". The funny business here is that this word came to mean the ...