English
maison de passe
Maison de passe comes from French maison de passe ‘maison de passe, love hotel’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmaison de passe‘maison de passe, love hotel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmaison de passe‘maison de passe, love hotel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
Earliest quotation: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur: “Of course in part it is due to the…”
Every English word from French maison de passe
Today it means
noun A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French maison de passe / maison de passe