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Where does “hotel” come from?

Hotel comes from Latin hospitale, a noun formed from the adjective hospitalis meaning of a guest or host, derived from Latin gʰóstis meaning guest or stranger.

hotel (English): A large town house or mansion; a grand private...

Definitions

  1. A large town house or mansion; a grand private...

Ancestry of “hotel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhôtelmansion, town house, hotel; hotel
2Middle Frenchhostelshelter; living quarters; place to stay; hotel;...
3Old Frenchostelshelter; place to stay
4Latinhospitālis—
5Latinhospeshost; guest, visitor; stranger; foreigner
6Proto-Italichostipotishost
7Proto-Italicχostipotis—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰostipotismaster of guests
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpótismaster, ruler; husband
10Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

Words derived from “hotel”

  • hotelkeeper
  • hotelling
  • hotelkeeping
  • hotelward
  • hotellike
  • hotelman
  • nonhotel
  • hotelish
  • hoteldom
  • megahotel
  • hotelwide
  • multihotel
  • autohotel
  • love hotel
  • ecohotel
  • antihotel
  • hotelless
  • ホテル
  • 러브호텔
  • 호텔
  • होटल
  • โฮเต็ล
  • เลิฟโฮเต็ล
  • hoteli
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