English
hostry
Hostry comes from Old French hosterie, from oste ‘host’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis1‘lord, master’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis1‘host’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospes2as hospitem‘host’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400oste3as hoste‘host’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hosterie3
- Englishearliest quotation 1526hostry3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin hospes
- 2 Wiktionary, Old French oste
- 3 Wiktionary, English hostry
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotisWiktionary, Latin hospes‘lord, master’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotisWiktionary, Latin hospes‘host’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospesWiktionary, Old French osteas hospitem‘host’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400osteWiktionary, English hostryas hoste‘host’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hosterieWiktionary, English hostry
- Englishearliest quotation 1526hostryWiktionary, English hostry. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’
hospitality, hotelier, hospitalist, 7 more
through Latin hospes ‘host’
hotel, hospital, hospice, hostel, hospitable, 10 more
through Old French oste ‘host’
Today it means
noun A hostelry.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “hostry”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin hospes, Old French oste. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / hostry