Etymology of the English word hostess
the English word
hostessderived from the Old French word
hostessederived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
