spital
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spitel derived from Latin hospitāle (hospital, guesthouse).
Origin
Latin
hospitāle
Gloss
hospital, guesthouse
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hotel English
- house English
- spitalhouse English
- hospitalis Latin
- hospitāle Latin
- hospitālis Latin
- Spital German
- hôtel French
- spitel Middle English
- hospital Old French
- hostel Old French
- ostel Old French
- hospital Old Occitan
- ostal Old Occitan