SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Hotel — Word History
Documents the French succession specific to hotel.
French hôtel from Old French hostel- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 55
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
resolvedestablished
Is hotel directly shortened from hospital?
No. Hotel and hospital are doublets: both reach Latin hospitāle, but hotel comes through French hôtel and Old French hostel while hospital comes through Anglo-French hospital.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 55
hotel
/hoʊˈtɛl/ · noun
A public lodging establishment, borrowed from French hôtel through Old French hostel and ultimately the Latin hospitality family.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02contexteditorial reference
Had a Long Day of Travel? Check Into a Hospital
Distinguishes the related hospital and hotel transmission paths.
hospital family transmission- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2017
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- STATUS
- resolved
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- Merriam-Webster’s hotel entry and family history distinguish the two French transmission paths.
Separate descendant edges converge at the shared Medieval Latin hospitāle node.