The story
- Latin · borrowed fromlectīca“litter”
- English todaylectica
From Latin lectīca (“litter”), from lectus (“bed, couch”) + -īca (“forming related nouns”), q.v.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lectica
Today it means: A kind of Roman litter, typically with bedding, curtains, and four legs. Full definition →
Latin lectīca