Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. · That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly. · A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists. · A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-i- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Medieval Latin laubiabor. English lobby From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
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"An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.",
"That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.",
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