Etymology of the English word wagon-lit
the English word
wagon-litderived from the French word
wagon-litderived from the French word
litderived from the Latin word
lectus (bed, couch, lounge; chosen, picked, selected men)
derived from the Latin word
legere (read; gather, collect)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
derived from the French word
wagonDate
The earliest known usage of wagon-lit in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
