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borrowed from French hôtelier, going back to Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper," from ostel, hostel "lodgings, hotel entry 1" + -ier-er entry 2
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Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.