Word Origins

Wow! ξενοδοχείο is quite a mouthful. How on earth did the Greeks come up with such a long word for “hotel?”

Well, ξένος means “stranger,” and
  δοχείο means “place” or “receptacle.”

And what is a hotel, or ξενοδοχείο, other than a place where strangers stay when they visit.

Another word that has δοχείο at the end uses this letter:

Θ θ

...which sounds like th in think or thick.

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This letter is found in άνθος, hear the sound which means “flower.” What would you call a flower vase, which is a place that you put flowers? It would, of course, be an

ανθοδοχείο
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