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Is The word “hospital” an acronym? I was shocked that the word hospital stands for these words: House of sick people in treatment and labor. And other interpretations here in the link below. https://www.abbreviations.com/HOSPITAL
25 juin 2019 17:52
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google What is the origin of the word hospital? https://www.etymonline.com/word/hospital hospital (n.) mid-13c., "shelter for the needy," from Old French hospital, ospital "hostel, shelter, lodging" (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitale "guest-house, inn," noun use of neuter of Latin adjective hospitalis "of a guest or host" (as a noun, "a guest; the duties of hospitality"), from hospes (genitive hospitis) "guest; host;" see host (n.1). The sense of "charitable institution to house and maintain the needy" in English is from early 15c.; meaning "institution for sick or wounded people" is first recorded 1540s. The same word, contracted, is hostel and hotel. The sense shift in Latin from duties to buildings might have been via the common term cubiculum hospitalis "guest-chamber." The Latin adjective use continued in Old French, where ospital also could mean "hospitable" and ospitalite could mean "hospital."
25 juin 2019
No. You can play this game with nearly any word, Nice And Dear Associate Nada :)
25 juin 2019
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