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according to grand hotels elaine denbys exhaustive history the word hotel entered the language ina)1765 b)1680 c)1860
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1644, "public official residence," from Fr. h�tel, from O.Fr. hostel "a lodging," from M.L. hospitale "inn" (see hostel). Modern sense of "an inn of the better sort" is first recorded 1765. Hotelier is a 1905 borrowing of Fr. h�telier "hotelkeeper."
The clue refers to �Grand Hotels�------ answer may be 1765
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1644, "public official residence," from Fr. h�tel, from O.Fr. hostel "a lodging," from M.L. hospitale "inn" (see hostel). Modern sense of "an inn of the better sort" is first recorded 1765. Hotelier is a 1905 borrowing of Fr. h�telier "hotelkeeper."
The clue refers to �Grand Hotels�------ answer may be 1765
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