Where does “hostis” come from?

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

hostis (Latin): an enemy of the state, a hostile, a stranger; the...

Definitions

  1. an enemy of the state, a hostile, a stranger; the...

Ancestry of “hostis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italichostisstranger, guest
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “hostis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →