laundry | Origin and meaning of laundry by Online ...
laundry (n.) late 14c., "place for washing;" mid-15c., "act of washing," a contraction (compare launder) of Middle English lavendrie (late 13c.), from Old French lavanderie "wash-house," from Vulgar Latin * lavandaria "things to be washed," plural of lavandarium, from Latin lavare "to wash" (from PIE root *leue-"to wash"). English meaning "articles that need to be or have been laundered" is ...