Etymology

closestool

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Middle English close stol
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromclose stol
  2. English todayclosestool

From Middle English close stol, equivalent to close (“enclosed”, adjective) + stool.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishclose stol all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.