Word: 'hospital' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'hospital' • Extended Annotations
mid-13th century, "shelter for the needy"
from Old French hospital, ospital "hostel, shelter, lodging"
from Late Latin hospitale "guest-house, inn"
from Latin adjective hospitalis "of a guest or host"
hotel and hostel are contracted versions of hospital
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
