Where does “เลิฟโฮเต็ล” come from?
เลิฟโฮเต็ล (Thai) comes from English love hotel, from Japanese ラブホテル, from Japanese ホテル, from English hotel, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis — to drink.
เลิฟโฮเต็ล (Thai): love hotel
Ancestry of “เลิฟโฮเต็ล”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | love hotel | A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere,... |
| 2 | Japanese | ラブホテル | a love hotel |
| 3 | Japanese | ホテル | a hotel |
| 4 | English | hotel | A large town house or mansion; a grand private... |
| 5 | French | hôtel | mansion, town house, hotel; hotel |
| 6 | Middle French | hostel | shelter; living quarters; place to stay; hotel;... |
| 7 | Old French | ostel | shelter; place to stay |
| 8 | Latin | hospitālis | — |
| 9 | Latin | hospes | host; guest, visitor; stranger; foreigner |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | hostipotis | host |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | χostipotis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰostipotis | master of guests |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |