hostler的词源

英文词源

hostler (n.)

late 14c., "one who tends to horses at an inn," also, occasionally, "innkeeper," from Anglo-French hostiler, Old French hostelier "innkeeper, steward" (12c., Modern French hôtelier), from Medieval Latin hostilarius "the monk who entertains guests at a monastery," from hospitale "inn" (see hospital). See also ostler.

中文词源

hostler：马夫

来自hostel,旅店，-er,人。即旅店老板，后用于指旅店服务员，特别用于指帮客人喂马的人。

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