The story
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromleprōsārium
- English todayleprosarium
Borrowed from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Doublet of leprosery.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinleprōsārium all →
leprosarialeprosery
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.