foyer

Meaning

Noun

• A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
• The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
• A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Origin

• Borrowed from French foyer ("hearth, lobby"), in turn from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus ("hearth"). Cognate with Spanish hogar ("home").