Curious Canid to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down133
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.Curious Canid to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoVery cool so really host is the root meaning as far as the written record shows.
Very cool so really host is the root meaning as far as the written record shows.