Etymograph

English

self-host

From self- + host.

Formed from self- + host

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘master of guests’

Proto-Italic *hostipotis

Latin hospes ‘a host’

Old French oste ‘innkeeper’

Middle English hoste

English host

Today it means

verb To host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-host”. 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.

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