hostel
Middle English
/(h)ɔsˈtɛːl/
noun
Definitions
- A hostel or guesthouse; accomodation.
- Fun or diversion; entertaining activities.
- A dwelling, dormitory or home; housing, lodging.
- A house or place of residence; the household.
- A owner or manager of a hostel.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French hostel derived from Latin hospitālis (hospitable, a host guest, of a host guest, hospitality).
Origin
Latin
hospitālis
Gloss
hospitable, a host guest, of a host guest, hospitality
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hostel English
- hostelite English
- hosteller English
- hostelling English
- hostelry English
- hostler English
- hospitale Latin
- hospitalitas Latin
- hospitaliter Latin
- hospitāle Latin
- hospitāle, hospitālis Latin
- hospitālis Latin
- hospitālis, hospitāle Latin
- ospedale Italian
- ospitale Italian
- hôtel French
- hostellen Middle English
- hostelrye Middle English
- hostiler Middle English
- إسبتارية Arabic
- hospital Old French
- hostel Old French
- hosteler Old French
- hostelerie Old French
- ostel Old French
- ysbyty Welsh
- hostiler Middle French
- espital Old Portuguese
- ospital Romansh
- hèpetâl Franco-Provençal