Where does “ラブホテル” come from?
ラブホテル (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.
ラブホテル (Japanese): a love hotel
Definitions
- a love hotel
Ancestry of “ラブホテル”, step by step
ラブホテル 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 ラブ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ラブ | love; Clipping of ラブラドール・レトリバー |
| 2 | English | Love | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L |
| 3 | Middle English | love | love; strong and deep affection |
| 4 | Old English | lufu | love |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *lubu | love |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lubō | love, affection |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewbʰ- | to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lēw- | to sound, resound, sing out; to leave |