lodge English · revision 7922

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1231|origins=frk *laubja}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /lɒd͡ʒ/ ''(UK)''; /lɑd͡ʒ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English logge, later lodge,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|loge|t=arbour, covered walk, hut]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Frankish [[m|frk|*laubja|t=shelter]], source also of German [[m|de|Laube|t=bower, arbour]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) perhaps first a shelter of foliage, from the root of [[leaf]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is a doublet of [[loge]], [[loggia]] and [[lobby]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A siege tower: lhoge, 1231;^(Barnhart 1988) a small, often temporary shelter or hut, 1290;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) in surnames and place names from the mid-13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A hunter's cabin in a forest is from the late 14th century (1465 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A gatekeeper's or gardener's house at the entrance of an estate is from 1500–20.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023) The modern spelling dates from about 1500.^(Etymonline) A local branch of a society, especially of the Freemasons, is from 1686, developed from lodge, the workshop of a group of masons (mid-14th century).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) In North America it was used of certain Native American dwellings from 1805.^(Etymonline)^(AHD) The verb, to encamp an army, is from about 1200,^(Etymonline) to provide with lodging from about 1300, and to dwell temporarily from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) To fix something, such as a bullet, in place is from the 1610s, and to deposit a complaint with an official from 1708.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1231 – a siege tower.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1290 – a hut.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1300 – to provide lodging.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1500 – spelling lodge.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1686 – a Masonic lodge.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1708 – to lodge a complaint.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small house at the gate of an estate, used by a gatekeeper or gardener.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A house or cabin used for hunting, skiing or other seasonal activities.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A local branch of a society, such as the Freemasons.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ # A Native American dwelling, such as a wigwam.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To stay or provide with a place to sleep, especially for payment.^(AHD)

+ # To become or make fixed or embedded: ''the bullet lodged in his arm''.^(AHD)

+ # To present a complaint, appeal or claim formally.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lodgeable]]

+ * [[lodger]]

+ * [[lodging]]

+ * [[lodgement]]

+ * [[sweat lodge]]

+ * [[motor lodge]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lobby]]

+ * [[loggia]]

+ * [[loge]]

+ * [[leaf]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}