http://blog.oup.com/2009/02/laundry/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2009/02/laundry/#comment-353459 A.Wordsworth Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:57:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3080#comment-353459 Laundry from laver? I'd have thought the word comes from when the sheets were laid out on lawns to bleach and dry in the sun - lawn-dry? Laundry from laver? I’d have thought the word comes from when the sheets were laid out on lawns to bleach and dry in the sun – lawn-dry?

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/02/laundry/#comment-288410 Classic Caterpickles: “Why isn’t the laundromat a real mat for laundry?” | CATERPICKLES Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:05:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3080#comment-288410 [...] case you were wondering: Before there were laundromats, there was simply the laundry. Until 1916, the word “laundry” referred to the place where one did the washing and to the act of washing, but not to the things one washed. [...] [...] case you were wondering: Before there were laundromats, there was simply the laundry. Until 1916, the word “laundry” referred to the place where one did the washing and to the act of washing, but not to the things one washed. [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/02/laundry/#comment-225244 “Why isn’t the laundromat a real mat for laundry?” | CATERPICKLES Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:51:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3080#comment-225244 [...] case you were wondering: Before there were laundromats, there was simply the laundry. Until 1916, the word “laundry” referred to the place where one did the washing and to the act of washing, but not to the things one [...] [...] case you were wondering: Before there were laundromats, there was simply the laundry. Until 1916, the word “laundry” referred to the place where one did the washing and to the act of washing, but not to the things one [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/02/laundry/#comment-211449 laundry Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:18:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3080#comment-211449 When i searched through the internet, the word "laundry" in French is "lessive" or "linge", but in Italian, it is "lavendaria", the same in Spanish with "lavendaría". So Old French used to be from Spanish or Roman i suppose. When i searched through the internet, the word “laundry” in French is “lessive” or “linge”, but in Italian, it is “lavendaria”, the same in Spanish with “lavendaría”. So Old French used to be from Spanish or Roman i suppose.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/02/laundry/#comment-149276 podictionary weekly » podictionary weekly # 193 - February 9 to 13 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:08:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=3080#comment-149276 [...] Wednesday’s word origin was for pretend Thursday’s etymology, posted at OUPblog was for laundry and Friday’s word root was for the word [...] [...] Wednesday’s word origin was for pretend Thursday’s etymology, posted at OUPblog was for laundry and Friday’s word root was for the word [...]

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