1. Etymology of the English word host
the English word
hostderived from the Old French word
hostederived from the Late Latin word
hospes (host; guest, visitor; of relation between host and guest; that hosts; that guests)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghos-ti-derived from the Latin word
hostis (enemy; stranger, foreigner)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghos-ti-Derivations in English
hostlyCognates
Danish
hotdog, Dutch
hostie, Dutch
hotdog, English
hot dog, French
hostie, French
hot dog, German
Hostie, Italian
ostia, Norwegian
hostie, Norwegian
hot dog, Spanish
hostia, Swedish
hostia2. Etymology of the English word host
derived from the English word
hostderived from the Old French word
hostederived from the Late Latin word
hospes (host; guest, visitor; of relation between host and guest; that hosts; that guests)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghos-ti-derived from the Latin word
hostis (enemy; stranger, foreigner)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghos-ti-
