albergon.
/alˈbəːɡəʊ/, U.S. /ɑlˈbərˌɡoʊ/ Esp. in Italy: an inn, a guest house. Cf. auberge n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > inn
guest housec1000
innc1230
hostry1377
host1382
harbergeryc1384
hostelc1384
hostelryc1386
harbergagea1400
hostelar1424
hostagec1440
innsc1550
host-house1570
fondaco1599
change1609
auberge1615
sporting house1615
albergo1617
rancho1648
change-housea1653
posada1652
public house1655
inn-house1677
funduq1684
locanda1770
fonda1777
livery tavern1787
roadhouse1806
meson1817
tambo1830
gasthaus1834
estalagem1835
caravanserai1848
temperance inna1849
sala1871
bush-inn1881
ryokan1914
B & B1918
pousada1949
minshuku1970
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 154 Three houses like Colledges, called Albergi, for those that make long stay in the Citie.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 303 The Alberghi or Halls of the eight several Nations..of the Order.
1776 Lady A. Miller Lett. from Italy I. xxiii. 433 There are two large hospitals, one for the soldiers, another for the Bourgeoise, and an Albergo for beggars.
1808 ‘H. St. Victor’ Ruins of Rigonda I. 137 By your naming payment, I should suppose that you had mistaken my poor Cottage for an Albergo, some distance from this.
1889 ‘F. Pigot’ Strangest Journey 149 I was thus able..to rest at the country albergs.
1926 Spectator 20 Feb. 318/2 Ostia..consisted of a few forlorn houses, a modest albergo, and a wilderness of sand.
1979 A. Hecht Venetian Vespers (1980) ii. 46 Probably I shall die here unremarked amid the albergo's seedy furniture.
1994 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact Jan. 170/1 She was a servant girl in an albergo where my father stopped one night.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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