Question: Why is an apartment called an apartment?

[gittyup]

Why is an apartment called an apartment? They are not apart. They are always
stuck together. In fact, they are the exact opposite of apart. Maybe they should be called togetherments?

 

[konichiwa]

When does a building become a built?

 

[SexEPid]

"Ment" means from a house.
So, an apartment is..
A part from a house.

Pid, TYRP

 

[Viperoni]

cuz it's "a part" of a funda "ment"


damm, I ment foundation.
Nyech

 

[Harvey]

<<Why is an apartment called an apartment?>>

Because nobody would know what you meant, if you called it Fred.

<<cuz it's &quot;a part&quot; of a funda &quot;ment&quot;>>

Fun da mentalists are neither!

 

[UG]

From Latin ad partis to part, and -ment, suffix: a thing produced.

 

[IBhacknU]

from webster:

Etymology: French appartement, from Italian appartamento
Date: 1641

 

[prodigy]

Why do we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway?

 

[konichiwa]

Why does our nose run and our feet smell?

 

[UG]

Lexiconfusion?

 

[Pretender]

Why is my penis....oh, nevermind, I understand now.

 

[vi edit]

why is something transported on land a shipment, and something transported by sea a cargo?