Etymology

parlor

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Today it means: The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room. Full definition →

Middle English parlour ← Old French parleor ← Medieval Latin parlātōrium
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromparlātōrium
  2. Old French · derived fromparleor
  3. Middle English · inherited fromparlour
  4. English todayparlor

Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir. Displaced native Old English sprǣchūs.

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