Curious Canid to [email protected]English • 1 month agoThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.message-square22fedilinkarrow-up168
arrow-up168message-squareThe "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.Curious Canid to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareOtterlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month agoHuh https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/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). While looking for a term to describe the original post, and came across this. I’m going to make a separate post about it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_cognate
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/motel
While looking for a term to describe the original post, and came across this. I’m going to make a separate post about it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_cognate