host
/hoʊst/
UK: /həʊst/
host
English
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Definition
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.
Example Sentences
- "A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs."
- "Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand."
- "Our company is host of the annual conference this year."
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