auberge

Meaning

Noun

• An inn or hostel.

Origin

• 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. The term originated in Frankish *harjabergu, composed of the elements *harjaz (compare German Heer) and *berganą, whence German bergen. harbour.