Etymology of the English word hospitable
the English word
hospitablederived from the Obsolete French word
hospitablederived from the Latin root
*hospitabilisderived from the Latin word
hospitare (play, act as host; offer hospitality)
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-Date
The earliest known usage of hospitable in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
