Morpheme
Lobby
Type
free base
Denotation
entrance hall, vestibule, covered walk
Etymology
Medieval Latin laubia, lobia
Evidence
lobbied, lobbier, lobbies, lobby, lobbying, lobbyism, lobbyist
Notes
political sense developed from practice of political influencers gathering in entrance halls of legislatures, related to Lodge, Loggia, and Leaf through Proto-Germanic *lauba-
