Where does “カプセルホテル” come from?
カプセルホテル (Japanese) comes from Japanese ホテル, from English hotel, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis, from Latin hospes, from Proto-Italic hostipotis — to drink.
カプセルホテル (Japanese): capsule hotel
Definitions
- capsule hotel
Ancestry of “カプセルホテル”, step by step
カプセルホテル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ホテル
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ホテル | a hotel |
| 2 | English | hotel | A large town house or mansion; a grand private... |
| 3 | French | hôtel | mansion, town house, hotel; hotel |
| 4 | Middle French | hostel | shelter; living quarters; place to stay; hotel;... |
| 5 | Old French | ostel | shelter; place to stay |
| 6 | Latin | hospitālis | Of or pertaining to a host or guest |
| 7 | Latin | hospes | host; guest, visitor; stranger; foreigner |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hostipotis | host |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | χostipotis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰostipotis | master of guests |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via Japanese カプセル
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | カプセル | a capsule |
| 2 | German | kapsel | inflection of kapseln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kapsel | — |
| 4 | Latin | capsula | small box or chest |
| 5 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |