English
lodge
Lodge comes from Old French loge ‘an arbour, a covered walk-way’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-root as named
- Frankishc. 250–700*laubijā‘arbour, shelter’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lobium‘a portico, covered way, gallery’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400loge‘an arbour, a covered walk-way’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500logge‘hut’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592lodge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-root as named
- Frankishc. 250–700*laubijā‘arbour, shelter’reconstructed
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500lobium‘a portico, covered way, gallery’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400loge‘an arbour, a covered walk-way’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500logge‘hut’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592lodge
Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Stay and lodge by me this night.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-
left, believe, love, leave, library, belief, leaf, lib, libel, loft, libido, liber, libretto, lob, luft, lief, 17 more
through Frankish *laubijā ‘arbour, shelter’
through Old French loge ‘an arbour, a covered walk-way’
through Middle English logge ‘hut’
Today it means
noun A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- / lodge