Etymology

hostry

H4O1S1T1R1Y4

Today it means: A hostelry. Full definition →

First used 14th–18th c.Old French hosterie
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old French · derived fromhosterie
  2. English todayhostry

From Old French hosterie, from hoste (“host”). Doublet of osteria.

First known use, by meaning

  • 14th–18th c. A hostelry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.