英语词汇motel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	motel
词源	motel n. 1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers. The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925] Entries linking to motel motor- element used extensively in 20c. word formation to indicate motorcar. hotel n. 1640s, "public official residence; large private residence," from French hôtel "a mansion, palace, large house," from Old French ostel, hostel "a lodging" (see hostel). Modern sense of "an inn of the better sort" is first recorded 1765. The same word as hospital. updated on September 25, 2018
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motel n.