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Hospice — Definition and Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
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Hospice began as hospitality, not terminal care.
English hospice first named lodging, especially a religious guesthouse. Palliative care is a later specialization of the same shelter-and-care history.
*ghos-ti-
*ghos-ti- → *ghos-pot- → hospes (hospit-) → hospitium → hospise / hospice → hospice
Definitions, Etymology, and First Known UseDocuments the older lodging sense and current palliative meaning.
hospice dossier ↗truth record ↗83UNVEILING
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resolvedsupportsestablished
Did hospice always mean palliative care?
No. The 1818 English record names lodging, especially a religious guesthouse; palliative care is a later specialization.
Definitions, Etymology, and First Known UseDocuments the 1818 lodging sense and modern palliative definition.
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EDGE 254supportsestablished
hospice → hospise / hospice
Present-Day English → Middle French · borrowing
- SOUND
- English hospice adapts French hospice with English pronunciation.
- MEANING
- A religious or charitable lodging develops toward institutional palliative care and support.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
Word History: Etymology and First Known UseTraces English hospice through French and reports the 1818 lodging sense.
EDGE 255supportsestablished
hospise / hospice → hospitium
Middle French → Medieval Latin · borrowing
- SOUND
- Middle French hospise or hospice adapts Medieval Latin hospitium, including the ending that becomes French -ce.
- MEANING
- Hospitality, lodging, and shelter remain central.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
Word History: EtymologyExplains the borrowing from Medieval Latin hospitium and the French -ce ending.
EDGE 256supportsestablished
hospitium → hospes (hospit-)
Medieval Latin → Latin · derivation
- SOUND
- Medieval Latin hospitium is built on the hospit- stem of hospes with a denominal suffix.
- MEANING
- The host-or-guest role becomes accommodation, hospitality, or shelter.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
Word History: EtymologyDerives hospitium from the hospit- stem of hospes with a denominal suffix.
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hospiceSOURCE-REPORTED
hospice
Merriam-Webster first-known-use record for hospice
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
host
EnglishDirect role-word cousin through Latin hospes.
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stage 1supports
Latin hospitality network
Connects hospitium to hospes and documents lodging and hospitality senses.
Word History: Etymology · broadstage 2supports
French-speaking Europe
Documents the French and Middle French stage from Medieval Latin.
Word History: Etymology · regionalstage 3supports
England
Reports 1818 for the English lodging sense.
First Known Use · regional070
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