The word toilet is linked to the words ‘towel’ and ‘textile’. The origin of this word is the Latin texere (weave), which in turn originated the French word toilette (small towel). The meaning of the word toilette later evolved into ‘the act of washing and dressing up’. It was only in the middle of the 19th century that in the USA the word came to be used as synonymous with lavatory (used to denote a ‘sink’ or a ‘toilet bowl’). The word…
Origin of the word “toilet”
