Etymograph

English

albergo

Albergo comes from Italian albergo ‘hotel, inn’, from Medieval Latin alberga ‘encampment, barracks’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*harjabergu‘army camp, barracks’reconstructed
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500alberga‘encampment, barracks’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentalbergo‘hotel, inn’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*harjabergu‘army camp, barracks’reconstructed
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500alberga‘encampment, barracks’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentalbergo‘hotel, inn’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu ‘army camp, barracks’

harbor, harbinger, 1 more

Today it means

noun An Italian inn.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu / albergo

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