bathroom

noun
/ˈbɑːθɹʊm/UK/ˈbæθˌɹum/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English bathroom From bath + room. Compare Dutch badkamer (“bathroom”), German Badezimmer (“bathroom”), Swedish badrum (“bathroom”), Faroese baðrúm (“bathroom”).

  1. inherited from *(H)rewH- — “to root; to rip, tear
  2. inherited from *rūmą — “room
  3. inherited from *rūm — “room
  4. inherited from rūm — “room, space
  5. inherited from roum — “room, space
  6. compounded as bathroom — “bath + room

Definitions

  1. A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.

    • Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.
    • I wash in the bathroom.
  2. A lavatory

    A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

    • Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.
  3. To assist a patient with using the toilet and general personal hygiene.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bathroom. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01bathroom02shower03bathing04bathe05bath

A definitional loop anchored at bathroom. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at bathroom

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA