Where does “hospitāl” come from?
hospitāl (Old High German) comes from Latin hospitāle, from Latin hospitālis, from Latin hospes, from Proto-Italic hostipotis, from Proto-Italic χostipotis, from Proto-Indo-European gʰostipotis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis — to drink.
Ancestry of “hospitāl”, step by step
Words derived from “hospitāl”