Middle English borrowed Anglo-French oste / hoste with ordinary spelling variation around initial h.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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ost / host
host or guest; a person in a hospitality relationship
OPEN NODE 136 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-French · hospitality roleoste / hoste
host or guest
OPEN NODE 137 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The host-or-guest hospitality role was retained.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
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established — no additional confidence note is attached.
reviewed
02
CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Host — Word HistoryAnglo-French oste, hoste
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Host — Word HistoryOld French source
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗03
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