Morpheme
Host
Type
free base
Denotation
multitude, enemy, opponent, foe
Etymology
Middle English oost; Old French ost, oste, hoste; Latin hostis
Evidence
host, hostes, hosticide, hostile, hostilely, hostileness, hostiles, hostilities, hostility, hostilize, hostilized, hostilizes, hostilizing, hostis, hosts, nonhostile, semihostile, unhostile
Notes
host and hostie are doublets