kiosk

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small open-fronted booth for selling goods or providing information

   She bought a paper and a coffee from the kiosk near the station.

Simplified etymology

Kiosk was first used in English in the early 17th century in the sense “pavilion,” from Persian kuš. English later borrowed the modern sense “small shop” from French.

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk ('pavilion, garden house'), from Persian kūshk ('palace, portico').

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