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hospice

PRONUNCIATION /ˈhɑːspɪs/

a program or facility providing palliative care; historically a lodging or shelter

DATE: 1818–today
SENSE: palliative care
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:hospice:attested:sense:palliative-care

The modern medical sense developed from the older lodging-and-care institution.

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GO DEEPERborrowingestablished

Middle French · Middle French, c. 1300–1600 · religious lodging

hospise / hospice

lodging, shelter, or religious guesthouse

SOUND: English hospice adapts French hospice with English pronunciation.
MEANING: A religious or charitable lodging develops toward institutional palliative care and support.
CHRONOLOGY: Middle French to English.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established — The French borrowing, 1818 first use, and older lodging sense are directly reported.

Hospice — Definition and Word HistorysupportsWord History: Etymology and First Known Use

Traces English hospice through French and reports the 1818 lodging sense.

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ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

First known use reported as 1818

Merriam-Webster first-known-use record for hospice

The date belongs to the older lodging sense, not automatically to modern palliative care. The underlying primary object was not directly inspected.

hospice dossier · recorded as hospice

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01hospicehospice · established