Words that come from Proto-Italic “hostis”

107 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Italic hostis — including hostile, hostility, hostage, hostilely, nonhostile, unhostile, nonhostility, hostageship.

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English (20)

Romanian (19)

Italian (11)

Latin (8)

Old French (6)

Spanish (5)

Middle English (5)

Middle French (4)

French (4)

Catalan (4)

Portuguese (4)

Esperanto (2)

Galician (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Polish (2)

Aromanian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Basque (1)

Old Catalan (1)

Asturian (1)

Occitan (1)

Coptic (1)