Etymology

discotheque

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Today it means: A nightclub where dancing takes place. Full definition →

French discothèque
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromdiscothèque
  2. French · borrowed fromdiscothèque
  3. English todaydiscotheque

Borrowed from French discothèque (“record library; discotheque”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchdiscothèque all →

disco

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.