Etymology

commode

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Today it means: A low chest of drawers on short legs. Full definition →

French commode
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  1. French · borrowed fromcommode
  2. English todaycommode

Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.