English
hospitate
Hospitate comes from Latin hospitātus ‘entertained’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitātus‘entertained’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681hospitate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitātus‘entertained’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681hospitate
Earliest quotation: 1681, Nehemiah Grew, London: […] W. Rawlins: “That always chooses an empty shell, this hospitates with…”
Every English word from Latin hospitātus
Today it means
verb To receive with hospitality; to provide lodging to a guest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hospitātus / hospitate