motel
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtelbor. English hotel blend English motel Blend of motor + hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).
- derived from hospitālis
- derived from hospitālis
- derived from ostel
- derived from hostel
- borrowed from hôtel
Definitions
A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which…
A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and…
A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.
To stay in a motel or motels.
The neighborhood
- neighborhotel
- neighborinn
- neighbormotor court
- neighbortourist court
Derived
graybar motel, hot-sheet motel, motelier, no-tell motel, roach motel, telly
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