Etymology

parloir

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Today it means: A room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents. Full definition →

First used 18th c.French parloir
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The story

  1. French · derived fromparloir“parlor”
  2. English todayparloir

From French parloir (“parlor”). Doublet of parlor.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. A room set aside for visitors in a monastery or convent, where they can talk to residents.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.