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hospital.

hospital

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/os.piˈtaw/Brazil[os.piˈtaʊ̯]Brazil/oʃ.piˈtaw/Rio-de-Janeiro[oʃ.piˈtaʊ̯]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. hospital

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin hospitālis Late Latin hospitāle Old Galician-Portuguese espital Portuguese hospital From Old Galician-Portuguese hospital, espital, spital, borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of the inherited hospedal.

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