Where does “host” come from?

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

Ancestry of “host”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhostisan enemy of the state, a hostile, a stranger; the...
2Proto-Italichostisstranger, guest
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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