Etymology

hospitalise

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English hospital ← Middle English hospital ← Old French hospita
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  4. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  5. Latinhospes
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. Latinhospitālis
  9. Late Latinhospitāle
  10. Old Frenchhospita
  11. Middle Englishhospital
  12. Englishhospital
  13. English todayhospitalise

From hospital + -ise.

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