hotel

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. Old Frenchostel
10. Middle Frenchhostel
11. Frenchhôte
12. English todayhotel

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostel and hospital.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 17th c. A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
• from 17th c. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.