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hostel

an inn or inexpensive lodging facility

DESCENDS FROM→

lodging, accommodation, inn, or dwelling place

THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

SOUND CHANGE

Modern hostel continues the Middle English form, including its revived use after a period of reduced currency.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

A general inn or lodging word specializes toward inexpensive, communal, youth, and institutional accommodation.

CHRONOLOGY

Medieval English origin with later revival and specialization.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Merriam-Webster Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — The dictionary and family history support the medieval word and modern lodging senses.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

CITATION REGISTER

S01

Had a Long Day of Travel? Check Into a HospitalParagraphs on hostel history and revival

Describes medieval use, later reduced currency, nineteenth-century revival, and modern specialization.

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S02

Hostel — Definition and Word HistoryDefinitions; Word History: Etymology and First Known Use

Documents the inn and inexpensive-lodging senses and the medieval English record.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

hostel → hostel