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Where does “hosterie” come from?

hosterie (Old French) comes from Old French hoste, 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 “hosterie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchhosteAlternative form of oste; host
2Latinhostisan enemy of the state, a hostile, a stranger; the...
3Proto-Italichostisstranger, guest
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “hosterie”

  • hostry
  • hostryinge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →