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Hotel — Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 150GRADE Asupports
Hotel and hospital are siblings, not parent and child.
French hôtel continues Old French hostel, while hospital follows a related learned route through the same Latin guest-accommodation family. English hotel is not simply a shortening of English hospital.
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*ghos-ti- → *ghos-pot- → hospes (hospit-) → hospitālis → hospitāle → hostel / ostel → hôtel → hotel
French hôtel from Old French hostelDocuments the French succession specific to hotel.
hotel dossier ↗truth record ↗85UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
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Is hotel directly shortened from hospital?
No. Hotel and hospital are doublets: both reach Latin hospitāle, but hotel comes through French hôtel and Old French hostel while hospital comes through Anglo-French hospital.
French hôtel from Old French hostelDocuments the French succession specific to hotel.
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When did hotel enter English?
Merriam-Webster reports 1687 for the lodging noun, after French hôtel had developed from Old French hostel.
French hôtel and First Known UseSupplies the English date and French history for hotel.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 143supportsestablished
hotel → hôtel
Present-Day English → French · borrowing
- SOUND
- English borrowed French hôtel, anglicizing the accent and pronunciation.
- MEANING
- The lodging-establishment sense was retained and generalized in English.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster editors
French hôtel and First Known UseEDGE 144supportsestablished
hôtel → hostel / ostel
French → Old French · continuation
- SOUND
- French hôtel continues Old French hostel / ostel; loss of s before the consonant is reflected by the circumflex in the modern French spelling.
- MEANING
- Lodging and accommodation remain central, with French also developing a mansion sense.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster editors
French hôtel from Old French hostel041
LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
hotelSOURCE-REPORTED
hotel
English lexicographic first-use record for hotel
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
hostel
Englishcloser French doublet
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
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French hostel / ostel / hôtel forms
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 / ostel · broadstage 3supports
English hotel borrowing
Identifies French hôtel as the English donor and reports 1687 as the first-known-use horizon.
Word History: Etymology and First Known Use · broadstage 4supports
English-language hotel senses
Documents the continuing lodging-establishment sense and related meals, entertainment, and personal services from the 1687 English horizon.
Current definitions and First Known Use · broad070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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