lodge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To become stuck firmly in a particular position.

   The bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

2. 2
   verb

   To formally make a complaint or claim to an authority.

   She lodged a complaint with the police about the noise.

3. 3
   verb

   To stay somewhere as a guest, usually paying rent.

   Sherlock Holmes lodged in a flat on Baker Street.

4. 4
   noun

   A small house or hut, often at the entrance to a larger property.

   The gardener lived in a small lodge by the gate.

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Simplified etymology

Lodge entered English in the Middle Ages and, like lobby, ultimately goes back to medieval Latin lobia, "covered walk" or "portico."

Etymology 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 From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“arbour, covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.

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