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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-French, c. 1066–1500 · guest lodging

ostel / hostel

lodging or accommodation

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMedieval Latin · Medieval Latin · guest lodging

hospitāle

guest accommodation; hospice or charitable lodging

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SOUND CHANGE

Anglo-French ostel or hostel continues Latin hospitāle with loss and reduction around the initial consonant cluster.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Guest accommodation remains the core meaning.

CHRONOLOGY

Latin to Gallo-Romance and Anglo-French.

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Merriam-Webster Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — The source directly gives Latin hospitāle as the predecessor.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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Hostel — Definition and Word HistoryWord History: Etymology

Traces the Anglo-French lodging word to Latin hospitāle.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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ostel / hostel → hospitāle

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