ETYMOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP OF HOTEL AND HOSPITAL ON THE BACKGROUND OF CORONA PANDEMIC

Abstract

Both ‘hotels’ and ‘hospitals’ are synonymous with accommodation and healthcare sectors in the world, for over a few centuries. It is quite interesting to note that both the word had their origin from the Latin word ‘hospes’ which means ‘facility for a visitor’. Over the centuries, both acquired their own individual distinction and focused on their respective industry sectors. Crisis and emergency sistuations like the current pandemic situation has resulted in an overlap of these edifices thereby making it possible for a retrospective analysis of their roots of origin. This study therefore is an attempt to focus on the etymological relationship between the two and how each of these had complemnented each other over the period of time.