Where does “hotellrom” come from?
hotellrom (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): a hotel room
Definitions
- a hotel room
Ancestry of “hotellrom”, step by step
hotellrom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk hotell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk rom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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... |