Where does “host” come from?

host (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan ost, from Latin hostis, from Proto-Italic hostis, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

host (Catalan): army, troops

Definitions

  1. army, troops

Ancestry of “host”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalanost—
2Latinhostisan enemy of the state, a hostile, a stranger; the...
3Proto-Italichostisstranger, guest
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Italic hostis →