hospital
/ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ · noun
Meaning
- A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
- A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
- A place of lodging.
- Hospitable.
- A surname.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Late Latin hospitālisbor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).
- lǣċehūs(ang)→
- lechehous(enm)→
- hospitālis(la)→
- hospitālis(la-lat)→
- hôpital(French)→
- hospital(Old French)→
- hospital(Middle English)→
- hospital (English)
- Relations: inh, der, cog, der, der, cog, cog
Related words
hospital(Middle English)hospital(Old French)hôpital(French)hospitālis(la-lat)hospitālis(la)lechehous(enm)lǣċehūs(ang)ሆስፒታል(Amharic)হসপিটাল(Bengali)হাসপাতাল(Bengali)hospital(Cebuano)chipatala(Chichewa)hospitaali(Finnish)હોસ્પિટલ(Gujarati)asibiti(Hausa)haukapila(Hawaiian)אשפז(Hebrew)अस्पताल(Hindi)sepital(Iban)ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ(Kannada)thibitarĩ(Kikuyu)hospital(Malay)sepital(Malay)ഹാസ്പത്രി(Malayalam)ഹോസ്പിറ്റൽ(Malayalam)aujpitōļ(Marshallese)chipatara(Shona)hosipitari(Shona)hospitali(Swahili)ҳоспитал(Tajik)ஆஸ்பத்திரி(Tamil)హాస్పిటల్(Telugu)hosppitaalliya(Wolaytta)isibhedlela(Zulu)
Descendant words
- ሆስፒታል(Amharic) (bor)
- হসপিটাল(Bengali) (bor)
- হাসপাতাল(Bengali) (cog)
- hospital(Cebuano) (bor)
- chipatala(Chichewa) (der)
- hospitaali(Finnish) (cog)
- હોસ્પિટલ(Gujarati) (bor)
- asibiti(Hausa) (bor)
- haukapila(Hawaiian) (bor)
- אשפז(Hebrew) (cog)
- अस्पताल(Hindi) (der)
- sepital(Iban) (der)
- ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ(Kannada) (bor)
- thibitarĩ(Kikuyu) (bor)
- hospital(Malay) (bor)
- sepital(Malay) (bor)
- ഹാസ്പത്രി(Malayalam) (bor)
- ഹോസ്പിറ്റൽ(Malayalam) (bor)
- aujpitōļ(Marshallese) (bor)
- chipatara(Shona) (der)
- hosipitari(Shona) (bor)
- hospitali(Swahili) (bor)
- ҳоспитал(Tajik) (bor)
- ஆஸ்பத்திரி(Tamil) (der)
- హాస్పిటల్(Telugu) (bor)
- hosppitaalliya(Wolaytta) (bor)
- isibhedlela(Zulu) (bor)
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