Proto-Indo-European

*gʰóstis

‘guest’

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

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

• host ← oost ← ost ← hostis ← *hostis
• guest ← gest ← gestr ← *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ ← *gastiz
• hostile ← hostīlis ← hostis ← *hostis
• hostility ← hostilitie ← hostilité ← hostīlitās ← hostilis
• xenon ← ξένος ← *ksénwos
• xenia ← ξενῐ́ᾱ ← ξένος ← *ksénwos
• pyroxene ← ξένος ← *ksénwos
• gostilna ← gȍst ← *gostь
• philoxenia ← φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ ← φῐλόξενος ← ξένος ← *ksénwos
• pogost ← пого́ст ← погостъ ← гость ← гость
• xenium ← ξένιον ← ξένος ← *ksénwos
• xenial ← ξενία ← ξένος ← *ksénwos

More words from *gʰóstis

• xenyl

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis