motel的词源

英文词源

motel (n.)

1925, coined from motor- + hotel. Originally a hotel for automobile travelers.

The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925]

中文词源

motel：汽车旅馆

来自motor和hotel的合成词。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：motel 词源，motel 含义。

motel：汽车旅馆

是motor(机动车)和hotel(旅馆)两个词汇的混合体： mot(or) + (hot)el