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latrine

la·trine

Today it means: An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation. Full definition →

French latrine ← Latin lātrīna

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Latin · derived fromlātrīna
French · derived fromlatrine“latrine”
English todaylatrine

From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin lātrīna.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.