Later, the term hatago had a meaning of a container to put food and the like for travelers, then the meaning changed to meals served in the inn and the inn where the meals were served was called hatago-ya, in short, hatago.
それが、旅人の食糧等を入れる器、転じて宿屋で出される食事の意味になり、食事を提供する宿屋のことを旅籠屋、略して旅籠と呼ぶようになった。