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where stuff waits, the in-between kingdom of things between here and there
means A depot is a place where goods, vehicles, or supplies are stored or where transport (buses, trains) stops and parks between journeys.
from From French dépôt, 'a deposit, something laid down,' which traces back to Latin depositum, the past participle of deponere, 'to put down or set aside' (de-, 'down,' plus ponere, 'to place'). So at its root a depot is simply a place where things are 'put down' for safekeeping — the same Latin family that gives us 'deposit' and 'depose.' English borrowed it from French around the late 18th century.
- french root
- From depot, meaning a thing set down
- double duty
- Means both storage warehouse and train station
- military origin
- Once a place for assembling and storing troops
- pronunciation split
- Americans drop the T, Brits keep it
union depot denver — beaux-arts train station completed in 1914, serves amtrak and rtd light rail in colorado
grand central terminal — nyc's iconic beaux-arts rail depot opened 1913, serves 750,000 commuters daily
libramont ammunition depot — belgian military ammunition storage facility that experienced massive 2021 explosion killing 2 and destroying 2,000 homes