Where does “hosp” come from?

hosp (Middle English) comes from Old English hosp, from Proto-Germanic huspaz, from Proto-Germanic hut-, from Proto-Indo-European kūd- — to mock.

hosp (Middle English): detraction, blasphemy, to hold in derision,...

Definitions

  1. detraction, blasphemy, to hold in derision,...

Ancestry of “hosp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhospreproach, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
2Proto-Germanichuspazderision, mockery
3Proto-Germanichut-
4Proto-Indo-Europeankūd-to mock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kūd-Every word from Proto-Germanic hut-Every word from Proto-Germanic huspaz
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