Etymograph

English

hostelite

From hostel + -ite.

Formed from hostel + -ite

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’

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Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’

Late Latin hospitale ‘hospice’

Old French hostel

Middle English hostel ‘a hostel or guesthouse’

English hostel

Today it means

noun An inhabitant of a hostel.

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

Etymograph / hostelite