Where does “oast” come from?

Oast comes from Middle English ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis with the suffix -tis.

oast (English): A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially...

Definitions

  1. A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially...

Ancestry of “oast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishost—
2Old Englishāsta kiln
3Proto-Germanicaistazkiln
4Proto-Germanicaisǭfireplace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eydʰ-to ignite; fire

Words derived from “oast”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aisǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic aistaz →