Hospital

What “Hospital” means

Noun

1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
3. A place of lodging.

Adj

1. Hospitable.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin hospitālis Late Latin hospitālebor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

Business name ideas with “Hospital”

Industries where “Hospital” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
• Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
• Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals
• Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals