English
hotelman
From hotel + -man.
Formed from hotel + -man
Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’
Late Latin hospitālis ‘hospice, shelter, guesthouse’
Old French ostel ‘shelter’
Middle French hostel ‘shelter’
French hôtel ‘mansion, hotel’
English hotel
Today it means
noun A person who operates a hotel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hotelman