Where does “ost” come from?

ost (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.

ost (Old French): army

Definitions

  1. army

Ancestry of “ost”, 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

Words derived from “ost”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Italic hostis →