English
hotelware
From hotel + -ware.
Formed from hotel + -ware
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 Tableware designed for use in hotels and restaurants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hotelware