hospital
/ˈhɒsˌpɪtəl/HO-spih-tuhl
/ˈhɑsˌpɪtəl/HAH-spih-tuhl
Meaninga guest house
Common meaning: a place where the sick are treated
- hospa host; a guestLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 866 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Latinhospes, hospitis‘a host’
- Frenchhospital
- Middle Englishhospitalsource
- Englishhospital‘a place where the sick are treated’ · today
hosp also in: hospicehospitablehosthotel
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin hospes ‘a host; a guest’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry hospes, p. 866 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry HOTEL, p. 272 · dictionary scan
Roots
- hospes, hospitis Latin “a host; a guest”
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