English

floatel

Blend of float + hotel.

Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to float, swim, fly’

Proto-Germanic *flutōną ‘to float’

Proto-West Germanic *flotōn ‘to float’

Old English flotian ‘to float’

Middle English floten ‘to float’

English float

Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’

Late Latin hospitālis ‘hospice, shelter, guesthouse’

Old French ostel ‘shelter’

Middle French hostel ‘shelter’

French hôtel ‘mansion, hotel’

English hotel

Today it means

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