Etymology of the English word flotel
the English word flotel
derived from the English word hotel
derived from the French word hôtel
derived from the Old French word hostel
derived from the Latin word hospitale (hospital; guesthouse, guestroom)
derived from the Latin word hospitalis (of or for a guest; hospitable)
derived from the Late Latin word hospes (host; guest, visitor; of relation between host and guest; that hosts; that guests)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghos-ti-
derived from the Latin word hospis
derived from the Latin word hospitus (hospitable, harboring, affording hospitality)
derived from the English word float
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleu-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *flutojanan