cubicle – Originally a small room for sleeping—from Latin cumb, “lie down”—that was separated from a larger room. More…
breakfast – Literally means “breaking the fast”—of the night, as it is the first meal after sleeping. More…
dormition – A peaceful and painless death, as well as the act of sleeping or falling asleep. More…
incubate, incubation – Latin incubare, the source of incubate, literally meant “lie down on”; incubation once had the sense of sleeping in a sacred place or temple for oracular purposes. More…