English

hotelkeeper

From hotel + keeper.

A compound of hotel + keeper

Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’

Late Latin hospitālis ‘hospice, shelter, guesthouse’

Old French ostel ‘shelter’

Middle French hostel ‘shelter’

French hôtel ‘mansion, hotel’

English hotel

Middle English kepere

Today it means

noun A hotelier; a hotel owner.

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

Etymograph / hotelkeeper