*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 101

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 02broadNO SINGLE PIN

Old French to modern French development; exact interval unresolved

French hostel / ostel / hôtel forms

hotel DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Old French hostel or ostel develops into hôtel, with the lost s later signaled by the circumflex. This is the French branch that English hotel borrows.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
unresolved
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
WITHHELD
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

NO YEAR HAS BEEN INVENTED.

The French formal route is directly cited, but the reviewed sources do not supply one conservative interval for the entire development.

DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Hotel — Word History

    Traces French hôtel through Old French hostel or ostel and supports the direct donor route into English.

    Word History: Etymology, French hôtel and Old French hostel / ostelAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    Had a Long Day of Travel? Check Into a Hospital

    Explains the French formal development and the circumflex marking the lost s.

    Hospital family history, hostel to hôtelAUDIT SOURCE ↗