hostis
Latin
noun
Definitions
- an enemy of the state, a stranger
- (plural only) the enemy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *hostis (stranger, guest) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰóstis
Gloss
stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hostem Latin
- hostem, hostis Latin
- hostia Latin
- hostilis Latin
- hostilitas, hostlitatem Latin
- osteggiamento Italian
- osteggiare Italian
- osteggiatore Italian
- hostile French
- гость Russian
- *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European
- *gastiz Proto-Germanic
- *gʰóstis Proto-Germanic
- *wistiz Proto-Germanic
- gość Polish
- giest Old English
- gæsthus Old English
- ġiest Old English
- oost Middle English
- gestr Old Norse
- *gostь Proto-Slavic
- host Czech
- ost Old French
- gost Serbo-Croatian
- гост Serbo-Croatian
- gueste Galician
- gast Old High German
- draudzene Latvian
- draudzība Latvian
- draudzīgs Latvian
- draudzīgums Latvian
- draugs Latvian
- гост Bulgarian
- gast Middle High German
- Gaascht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hostile Middle French
- ost Middle French
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- גאַסט Yiddish
- *gast Old Dutch
- *gostiyos Proto-Celtic
- *gozdis Proto-Celtic
- гост Macedonian
- гостинний Ukrainian
- гість Ukrainian
- gast Old Saxon
- hosť Slovak
- госць Belarusian
- *hostis Proto-Italic
- gost Slovene
- гость Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- gósć Lower Sorbian
- *draugás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- hósć Upper Sorbian
- *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ Proto-Norse