depot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a railway or bus station where passengers or goods are loaded and unloaded, especially in North American English

   A crowd gathered at the railway depot to meet the evening train.

2. 2
   noun

   a place where large quantities of goods, equipment, or supplies are stored

   Relief agencies moved the food from the central depot to nearby villages.

3. 3
   noun

   a base where vehicles are kept, maintained, and dispatched

   The last bus returned to the depot shortly after midnight.

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Simplified etymology

Depot entered English in the late 18th century through French dépôt, ultimately from Latin depositum “something put down.” It first denoted an act of depositing, then developed its modern sense of a storage place; the earliest such depots were military establishments holding stores, recruits, or prisoners.

Borrowed from French dépôt, from Old French depost and Medieval Latin depositum, 'something placed for safekeeping,' from Latin deponere, 'to put down.' Depot and deposit are doublets from the same source.

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