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START / NODE 418Present-Day English14th century–today
hospitality
The reception and care of guests, inherited through French from the Latin reciprocal host-and-guest family.
“Hospitality contains both sides of the door. Its Latin ancestor hospes could name the guest or the host because the relationship was reciprocal.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishhospitality
reception of guests; provision of lodging; generous treatment of visitors
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Middle English · Middle English, c. 1100–1500hospitalitereception of guests or provision of lodging
- SOUND CHANGE
- Middle English hospitalite loses final -e and stabilizes as hospitality under learned spelling influence.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- Reception of guests and provision of lodging broaden into the modern social and commercial hospitality field.
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- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- English use is reported from the 14th century.
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