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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], Old French hospital, [[modern]] French hôpital, < medieval Latin hospitāle place of [[reception]] for guests, neuter singular of hospitālis (see hospital adj.). Of this [[word]], hostel n. and hotel n. are doublets, and spital n. an aphetized form

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], Old French hospital, [[modern]] French hôpital, < medieval Latin hospitāle place of [[reception]] for guests, neuter singular of hospitālis (see hospital adj.). Of this [[word]], hostel n. and hotel n. are doublets, and spital n. an aphetized form

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] hospitals served different [[functions]] to [[modern]] [[institutions]], being [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almshouses almshouses] for the [[poor]], hostels for [[pilgrims]], or hospital schools. The word hospital comes from the [[Latin]] hospes, signifying a stranger or foreigner, hence a guest. Another noun derived from this, hospitium came to signify [[hospitality]], that is the relation between guest and [[shelter]]er, hospitality, friendliness, hospitable [[reception]]. By [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy metonymy] the [[Latin]] [[word]] then came to mean a guest-chamber, guest's lodging, an inn. Hospes is thus the [[root]] for the [[English]] words [[host]] (where the p was dropped for convenience of pronunciation) hospitality, hospice, hostel and hotel. The latter modern word derives from Latin via the ancient French romance word hostel, which [[developed]] a [[silent]] s, which letter was [[eventually]] removed from the word, the loss of which is signified by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumflex circumflex] in the modern French word hôtel. The German word 'Spital' shares similar [[roots]].

During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] hospitals served different [[functions]] to [[modern]] [[institutions]], being [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almshouses almshouses] for the [[poor]], hostels for [[pilgrims]], or hospital schools. The word hospital comes from the [[Latin]] hospes, signifying a stranger or foreigner, hence a guest. Another noun derived from this, hospitium came to signify [[hospitality]], that is the relation between guest and [[shelter]]er, hospitality, friendliness, hospitable [[reception]]. By [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy metonymy] the [[Latin]] [[word]] then came to mean a guest-chamber, guest's lodging, an inn. Hospes is thus the [[root]] for the [[English]] words [[host]] (where the p was dropped for convenience of pronunciation) hospitality, hospice, hostel and hotel. The latter modern word derives from Latin via the ancient French romance word hostel, which [[developed]] a [[silent]] s, which letter was [[eventually]] removed from the word, the loss of which is signified by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumflex circumflex] in the modern French word hôtel. The German word 'Spital' shares similar [[roots]].