hospitality English · revision 15274

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1375|origins=la hospes}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/ ''(UK)''; /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/, /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|hospitalite]], [[bor|fro|hospitalité|t=hospitality; hospital]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|hospitālitās|t=friendliness to guests]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la|hospitālis|t=of a guest, hospitable]],^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|hospes|t=guest; host]] (see [[host]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The friendly reception and entertainment of guests or strangers: about 1375 in the OED, about 1384 in Barnhart (the Wycliffe Bible), with an earlier Scottish form hospitalyte.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An instance of hospitable treatment is from 1856.^(OED 1989) The word was also used of a hospitable institution or foundation, a hospital, from 1571.^(OED 1989) Its use as a modifier, now common of rooms or suites in a hotel set aside for entertaining guests, is recorded from 1552,^(OED 1989) and the business of providing food, drink and lodging for visitors, as in ''the hospitality industry'', is a modern sense.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1375 – the reception of guests.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1571 – a hospital or hospitable foundation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1856 – an instance of hospitality.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Friendly and generous reception and treatment of guests or strangers.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An instance of such treatment.^(AHD)

+ # The business of providing [[accommodation]], food, drink and entertainment for guests, as in hotels and restaurants.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[host]]

+ * [[hospital]]

+ * [[hospitable]]

+ * [[hostel]]

+ * [[hotel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}