Etymograph

English

dormitory

Dormitory comes from Latin dormītōrium ‘a sleeping-room’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *drem-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dr̥m-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dormiō‘to sleep’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormiō‘to sleep’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormītōrium‘a sleeping-room’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dormitory
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1842dormitory

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dr̥m-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dormiō‘to sleep’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormiō‘to sleep’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormītōrium‘a sleeping-room’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dormitory
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1842dormitory

Earliest quotation: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, (please specify the page): “She will be much more likely to meet his…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *drem-

syndrome, dromedary, 25 more

through Proto-Italic *dormiō ‘to sleep’

dormer, 4 more

through Latin dormiō ‘to sleep’

dormant, 3 more

Today it means

noun A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drem- / dormitory

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