hospice的词源

英文词源

hospice (n.)

1818, "rest house for travelers," from French hospice (13c.), from Latin hospitium "guest house, hospitality," from hospes (genitive hospitis) "guest, host" (see host (n.1)). Sense of "home for the aged and terminally ill " is from 1893; hospice movement first attested 1979.

中文词源

hospice：临终安养院

来自拉丁语hospitium,旅店，客店，词源同hospital.后引申词义老人的临终安养院。

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