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<p>due to the <a href="page.php?w=COVID-19_pandemic">coronavirus pandemic</a> have led to an increased interest in bidets.</p>

<p><big>Etymology</big></p>
<p>Bidet is a <a href="page.php?w=French_language">French</a> word for '<a href="page.php?w=pony">pony</a>', and in <a href="page.php?w=Old_French">Old French</a>, <i>bider</i> meant 'to trot'. This <a href="page.php?w=etymology">etymology</a> comes from the notion that one "rides" or <a href="page.php?w=List_of_human_positions">straddles</a> a bidet much like a pony is ridden. The word bidet was used</p><p>
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