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The "m" in motel refers to a motorcar. The "h" in hotel, an older term, is presumably a reference to a horse.

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BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
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And before horses they were called “wotels” because you walked to them.

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That makes perfect sense. :-)

Language is just a consensus. If enough people agree about how it works, then that’s how it works.

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