Where does “hostis” come from?

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

hostis (Proto-Italic): stranger, guest

Definitions

  1. stranger, guest

Ancestry of “hostis”, step by step

hostis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis

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

via Indo-European *gʰóstis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*gʰóstis—

Words derived from “hostis”

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