auberge

French

noun
Definitions
  • hostel
  • (slang) prison

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan alberga (hut, camp) derived from Frankish *harjabergu (shelter, barracks) root from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ker-

Gloss

army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

火

Emoji
🪖

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