Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. · One that provides a facility for an event. · A person or organization responsible for running an event. · A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
To perform the role of a host. · To lodge at an inn. · To run software made available to a remote user or process.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.
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- Inherited-form mentionhosteenm
- Derivation mentionostefro
- Derivation mentionhospitemla
- Derivation mention*gʰóstipotisine-pro
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