Where does “hotellrom” come from?
hotellrom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hotell, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis, from Latin hospes, from Proto-Italic hostipotis, from Proto-Italic χostipotis — to drink.
hotellrom (Norwegian Bokmål): a hotel room
Definitions
- a hotel room
Ancestry of “hotellrom”, step by step
hotellrom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hotell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hotell | a hotel |
| 2 | French | hôtel | mansion, town house, hotel; hotel |
| 3 | Middle French | hostel | shelter; living quarters; place to stay; hotel;... |
| 4 | Old French | ostel | shelter; place to stay |
| 5 | Latin | hospitālis | Of or pertaining to a host or guest |
| 6 | Latin | hospes | host; guest, visitor; stranger; foreigner |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hostipotis | host |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | χostipotis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰostipotis | master of guests |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via Norwegian Bokmål rom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rom | rum; room; space |
| 2 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 4 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |