cottage

Origin: Late , from and , from , hut, cottage + surrounding property, from , shed, probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from ; compare and , both from /. However, also compare Dutch and . Old Northern French cote is probably from , cognate of of same origin. Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century, due to resemblance. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).