Meaning

noun structures collectively in which people are housed

noun the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily

noun the act of lodging

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Frankish *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing.

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