Hotel comes from the French word hôtel and that word is is defined as places providing care. Really the h in hotel would be hospitality but really that is not the case.
Now explain brothel.
Then explain why motels don’t have racecar beds!
No, that’s where we got the word horstel.
And before horses they were called “wotels” because you walked to them.
That makes perfect sense. :-)
Language is just a consensus. If enough people agree about how it works, then that’s how it works.
Huh
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
“Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn. You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend!”
the og motel (1925-1991):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel_Inn$1.25 a night in 1925
