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Where comes from the origin of the word 'BED"?
 
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from the dictionary link above:

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bedd; akin to Old High German betti bed, Latin fodere to dig
Date: before 12th century
 
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Methos thanx for your answer

.The question should have been : What's the origin of "getting up on the wrong side of the bed".

It would take too long to explain what went wrong. Roll Eyes
 
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Ah, that's a bit harder. It goes back to Roman times, when getting up on the left side of the bed was considered unlucky. Many things relating to the left are considered unlucky. For example, "starting off on the wrong foot" refers to the unluckiness of starting with the left foot.

See this site, which quotes Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
 
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable gives a slightly different explanation to that of Methos which, incidentally, suggests an answer to a plain question:'If the Romans had double beds how did one partner avoid being permanently grumpy in the mornings ?' by " It was formerly held to be unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first when getting out of bed ". So 'wrong side' refers to the body of the erstwhile sleeper not to the piece of furniture in 'you got out of bed on the wrong side this morning !'So for neither spouse did the exit from the concubital couch involve traversing it and we may conclude that early morning harmony was better preserved as a result !
 
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Thank you to both of you guys, I knew there was something "odd" about it but couldn't find exactly what! Smile
 
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