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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedMedieval Latin · Medieval Latin, c. 500–1500 · guest lodging

hospitium

hospitality, lodgings, monastic guesthouse, or shelter

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · reciprocal host guest

hospes (hospit-)

guest, visitor, or the person receiving a guest

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SOUND CHANGE

Medieval Latin hospitium is built on the hospit- stem of hospes with a denominal suffix.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The host-or-guest role becomes accommodation, hospitality, or shelter.

CHRONOLOGY

Latin and Medieval Latin derivation.

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CONFIDENCE

established — The derivation is explicit in the hospice entry.

EDITORIAL STATUS

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Hospice — Definition and Word HistoryWord History: Etymology

Derives hospitium from the hospit- stem of hospes with a denominal suffix.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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hospitium → hospes (hospit-)

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