English
hospital corpsman
From hospital + corpsman.
A compound of hospital + corpsman
Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’
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Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’
Late Latin hospitālis ‘hospice, guesthouse’
Old French hospital
Middle English hospital ‘a hostel or guesthouse’
English hospital
Today it means
noun A member of a hospital corps, typically an enlisted navy sailor, often working at military hospitals.
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Etymograph / hospital corpsman