Etymograph

English

hospitality

Hospitality comes from Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’, from hospes ‘guest", "host’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis‘lord, master’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis‘host’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospes‘guest", "host’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitālis‘hospitable’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitālitās
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hospitalité
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hospitalite‘the practice of hospitality’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1708hospitality

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis‘lord, master’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis‘host’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospes‘guest", "host’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitālis‘hospitable’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitālitās
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hospitalité
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hospitalite‘the practice of hospitality’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1708hospitality

Earliest quotation: 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from t: “In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’

hostage, hostess, 11 more

through Latin hospes ‘guest", "host’

host, hotelier, 13 more

through Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’

hotel, hostel, 6 more

Today it means

noun The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / hospitality

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