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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. (lemmy.ca)
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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Huh

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/motel

Blend of motor +‎ hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).

While looking for a term to describe the original post, and came across this. I'm going to make a separate post about it

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_cognate