Where does “hostile” come from?

Hostile comes from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostilis, derived from Latin hostis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis meaning guest or stranger.

hostile (English): Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing...

Definitions

  1. Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing...

Ancestry of “hostile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchhostile—
2Latinhostīlishostile
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “hostile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin hostīlis →