Spital
German (Berlin)
/ʃpiˈtaːl/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) hospital
- (dated) nursing home
- (dated) poorhouse
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German spitāl inherited from Old High German *hospitāl derived from Latin hospitale.
Origin
Latin
hospitale
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hotel English
- hospes Latin
- hospitale Latin
- hospitalis Latin
- hospitāle Latin
- hospitālis Latin
- hospitālis, hospitalis, hospitāle Latin
- Kind German
- Kinderspital German
- ospitale Italian
- hôtel French
- szpital Polish
- szpitalik Polish
- szpitalny Polish
- spitel Middle English
- špitál Czech
- hospital Old French
- hostel Old French
- ostel Old French
- spital Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *hospitāl Old High German
- spitāl Middle High German
- Spidol Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- spetāl Middle Low German
- шпиталь Ukrainian
- sptar Maltese
- hospital Old Occitan
- ostal Old Occitan
- سبيطار Moroccan Arabic
- Spidol Central Franconian
- ispidale Sardinian