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English word dormitory comes from Latin dormitorius

dormitorius (Latin)

dormytorye (Middle English)

dormitory (English)

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.. A dormitory town.. A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

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