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There is a Latin word 'hospitale' which means guest house, this was adopted into Old French as 'hostel' meaning a shelter for the needy. Later, this description became to mean an institution for 'sick people'. The Latin word passed into English about 1250/1300 as a place that received guests and later, as in France. a shelter for the needy and sick

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