The story
- Latin · derived fromhospitālitās“hospitality”
- Old French · derived fromhospitalité
- Middle English · inherited fromhospitalite
- English todayhospitality
From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.