If living room and dining room are two words, why is bedroom one word?

Question

Many people believe that it is a matter of a verb vs a noun. But living and dining are adverbs. Does anyone have a source that says when you can have a compound word with an adverb but not a noun?

Answer 1

Bedroom and bathroom seem to be newer concepts than living room and dining room.

The kitchen came from the Latin word "coquere", meaning "to cook." The parlor came from the Old French word "parler", meaning "to talk." The foyer came from the Latin word "focus", meaning "fire," but seldom does a foyer have a fireplace today.

American English is full of borrowed words and phrases and has more exceptions than rules. Why one word or two words? It is a mystery to confuse school children and aggravate adult.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

some one already said it but I will agree with them and repeat it as ameans of giving strenght to their answer through numbers, living and dinning are both verbs and pretain to what is done in the room, bedroom is a type of room characterized by the bed, if you were to call it a sleeping room it would be two words, bathroom is the same, but wash room is two words if their is a verb characterising the action preformed in the room the two words. If it is a noun that is helping to describe in more detail the nature of the room...one word

Answer 4

Living and Dining are verbs. Bed is a noun.

Answer 5

because the word BED is an adjective of type and can be combined with the word room; whereas, the words living & dining doesn't

Answer 6

The same reason you do living in the living room
dining in the dining room........

but you don;t do bed in the bedroom

Answer 7

I was going to say it but... okay, lets go with the strengh in numbers thing: verb X noun.

Answer 8

I've been surfing online more than 2 hours today seeking the answers to the same question, yet I haven't found a more interesting debate like this. it's pretty worth enough for me.

Answer 9

I have no problem in making it two words, but for a spelling bee it counts.

Answer 10

And I thought I had a problem trying to fiquer out why we park in a driveway, and drive on a parkway?

Answer 11

Generally we stay seperatly in living room and dining room...............where as in bedroom we are stuck togather in bed,..........ha ha .......... simple thought........