auberge

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/oʊˈbɛɹʒ/

Definition of auberge

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An inn or hostel.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French auberge. The term is attested in the fifteenth century as auberge, a loan from a term attested in eleventh century Old Occitan alberga (“camp, hut”), derived from…

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Borrowed from French auberge. The term is attested in the fifteenth century as auberge, a loan from a term attested in eleventh century Old Occitan alberga (“camp, hut”), derived from albergar (“to host”). The term originated in Frankish *harjabergu, composed of the elements *harjaz (“army”) (compare German Heer) and *berganą (“to shelter, to protect”), whence German bergen. Doublet of albergo and harbor.

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