Urinal
/ˈjʊrɪnəl/noun
A container or fixture used for urination.
Did you know?Urinal comes from the same Latin root as urine, and the word entered English through French, where it originally named a vessel for inspecting bodily fluids in medieval medicine.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
ūrīna
“urine, bodily fluid”
Late Latin
Latin
ūrīnālis
“pertaining to urine”
Old French
Old French
urinal
“vessel for urine; chamber pot”
14th–15th Century
English
urinal
“a vessel for collecting urine”
Modern English
English
urinal
“a fixture or container for urination”