Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 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-up167
arrow-up167message-squareThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.Curious Canid@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·17 days agoNo https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/hostel
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/hostel