Etymograph

English

lavatorial

Lavatorial comes from Latin lavātōrius.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElavātōrius
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021lavatorial

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElavātōrius
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021lavatorial

Earliest quotation: 2021, Conrad Landin, Glasgow Subway: a city institution: “The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial…”

Formed from lavātōrius + -al

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a lavatory

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

Etymograph / Latin lavātōrius / lavatorial