The story
- Latin · derived fromdormītōrium“a sleeping-room”
- Middle English · inherited fromdormitory
- English todaydormitory
From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.
Words from the same roots
Latindormītōrium all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.