hospital
/ospiˈtal/ · A1 · noun · m
hospital
🏥 Same word as English hospital, but silent h and stress on the end: os-pee-TAL
From Latin hospitalis, of a guest, from hospes (guest, host). Same root gives Spanish huésped (guest) and hospedar (to lodge), plus English host and hotel. A hospital was first a guesthouse for travellers.