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la⋅trine

  [luh-treen]
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–noun
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
Origin:
1635–45; < F < L lātrīna, short for lavātrīna place for washing, deriv. of lavāre to wash
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la·trine   (lə-trēn')   
n.  A communal toilet of a type often used in a camp or barracks.

[From French latrines, privies, from Old French, from Latin lātrīna, privy, from lavātrīna, bath, privy; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

latrine 
1297, from L. latrina, contraction of lavatrina "washbasin, washroom," from lavatus, pp. of lavare "to wash" (see lave) + -trina, suffix denoting "workplace." Its reappearance in 1642 is probably a re-borrowing from Fr.; esp. of a privy of a camp, barracks, college, hospital, etc. Latrine rumor "baseless gossip" (of the kind that spreads in conversations in latrines) is military slang, first recorded 1918.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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