The story
- Latin · derived fromdormitorium“dormitory”
- Old French · derived fromdortoir
- Middle English · inherited fromdortour
- English todaydorter
From Middle English dortour, from Old French dortoir, dortour (modern dortoir), from Latin dormitorium (“dormitory”). Doublet of dormitorium and dormitory.
Words from the same roots
Latindormitorium all →
dormitorydormitorium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.