Etymograph

English

hospitium

Hospitium comes from Latin hospitium ‘a hospitable reception, entertainment,…’, from hospes ‘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‘host’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitium‘a hospitable reception, entertainment, hospitality’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

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‘host’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitium‘a hospitable reception, entertainment, hospitality’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’

hostage, hostel, hostess, hotelier, 11 more

through Latin hospes ‘host’

hotel, host, 15 more

Today it means

noun An inn, lodging or hospice.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / hospitium

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