Dormitory
/ˈdɔːr.mɪ.tɔːr.i/noun
A room or building with many beds, especially for students or workers.
Did you know?Dormitory comes from Latin *dormitorium*, a place for sleeping, from *dormire* meaning “to sleep,” and that same ancient root hides inside words like *dormant* and *dormouse*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*drem-
“to sleep”
Latin
Latin
dormire
“to sleep”
Late Latin
Latin
dormitorium
“a sleeping place; sleeping room”
Middle French
Old French
dormitoire
“a dormitory; sleeping chamber”
16th Century
English
dormitory
“a sleeping room or place for sleep”
Modern English
English
dormitory
“a room or building with many beds, especially for students or workers”