Proto-Indo-European

*gʰóstipotis

‘lord, master’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis, most familiar first.

• hospital ← hospitālis ← hospes ← *hostipotis
• hotel ← hostel ← ostel ← hospitālis ← hospes
• host ← hoste ← oste ← hospes ← *hostipotis
• hostage ← oste ← hospes ← *hostipotis
• hospitality ← hospitalite ← hospitalité ← hospitālitās ← hospitālis
• hostel ← hospitale ← hospitalis ← hospes ← *hostipotis
• hospice ← hospise ← hospitium ← hospes ← *hostipotis
• hostess ← hostesse ← hostesse ← ostesce ← oste
• hospitable ← hospitor ← hospes ← *hostipotis
• hotelier ← hôtel ← hostel ← ostel ← hospitālis
• hospitalist ← hospital ← hospital ← hospital ← hospitālis
• hostler ← hostiler ← hostiler ← hostelier ← hostilārius

More words from *gʰóstipotis

• hospitium
• inhospitality
• hospiticide
• hostry
• hospitage
• hospitalary

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis