gasthuis

Senso (Inglese)

hospital

Concetti

ospedale

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nosocomio

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clinica

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sinonimi

hospitaal

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ziekenhuis

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kliniek

verpleeginrichting

Traduzioni

Krankenhaus

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hôpital

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hospital

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hospital

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Hospital

hospital

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νοσοκομείο

nosocomium

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مستشفى

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Hospiz

hospital

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Spital

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hospice

hastane

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɣɑst.ɦœy̯s/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: gasthūs

Affine tedesco antico alto: gasthūs

Affine tedesco medio alto: gasthūs

Affine tedesco: Gasthaus

Affine inglese antico: gæsthūs

In summary

From gast (“guest”) + huis (“house”).
From Middle Dutch gasthūs.
a. 1700s house for the reception of strangers/foreigners/indigents/invalids, tavern, jail,
c. 1800s hospital, almshouse, charitable institution.
This term as well as its Germanic cognates: Old High German gasthūs whence Middle High German gasthūs, Modern German Gasthaus, and Old English gæsthūs are likely calqued from Medieval Latin hospitale (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse, jail”), Cf. hôpital, hôtel.