The word cottage (Medieval Latin cotagium) derives from Old English cot, cote "hut" and Old French cot "hut, cottage", from See more

The Welsh Tŷ unnos or "house in a night", was built by squatters on a plot of land defined by the throw of an axe from each corner of the property. In Welsh a cottage is known as bwthyn and its inhabitant preswlydd. See more

In Scotland the equivalent to cottager would be the crofter and the term for the building and its land would be croft. See more

In popular modern culture, the term cottage is used in a more general and romantic context and can date from any era but the term is usually applied to pre-modern dwellings. Older, pre-Victorian cottages tend to have restricted height, and often have … See more

Medieval
The word originally referred to a humble rural detached dwelling of a cotter, a semi-independent resident of a manor who had certain residential … See more

Irish cottages, known as Irish: teachín, were historically the homes of farmworkers and labourers, but in recent years the term has assumed a romantic connotation especially when … See more

North America
Although the Oxford English Dictionary states that the term cottage is used in North America to … See more