Etymology

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Today it means: Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink. Full definition →

Middle English in ← Old English inn
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  1. Old English · derived frominn“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”
  2. Middle English · derived fromin
  3. English todayinn

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

Words from the same roots

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