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English word origin

Etymology of hoast

From Middle English *host, *hoste, from Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), akin to Icelandic hósti, Swedish hosta, Danish hoste (“a cough”). More at whoost.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A cough.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English *host, *hoste, from Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), akin to Icelandic hósti, Swedish hosta, Danish hoste (“a cough”). More at whoost.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To cough.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English *hosten, from Old Norse hósta (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstāną (“to cough”).

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

Obsolete form of host.

verb

Obsolete form of host.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Variant forms.

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