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Where does “lodgings” come from?

Lodgings comes from English lodge plus the Old English suffix -ing, derived from Frankish laubja, which traces to Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, ultimately related to lewp-.

lodgings (English): plural of lodging; API pl; A room or set of rooms...

Definitions

  1. plural of lodging; API pl; A room or set of rooms...

Ancestry of “lodgings”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlodgingA place to live or lodge; Sleeping accommodation;...
2EnglishlodgeA building for recreational use such as a hunting...
3FrenchlogerTo lodge, to stay, to be lodging; To find a...
4Middle Frenchlogierto lodge
5Old Frenchlogier—
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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