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START / NODE 261Present-Day English1818–today
hospice
A program or facility for palliative care, historically a lodging or shelter for travelers, the poor, or the infirm.
“Hospice did not originally name end-of-life medicine. It named hospitality and lodging before care for the dying became its central modern sense.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishhospice
a program or facility providing palliative care; historically a lodging or shelter
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Middle French · Middle French, c. 1300–1600hospise / hospicelodging, shelter, or religious guesthouse
- SOUND CHANGE
- English hospice adapts French hospice with English pronunciation.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- A religious or charitable lodging develops toward institutional palliative care and support.
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- established — The French borrowing, 1818 first use, and older lodging sense are directly reported.
- CHRONOLOGY
- Middle French to English.
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