Morpheme
Host
Type
free base
Denotation
one who receives guests, guest, visitor, stranger, foreigner
Etymology
Middle English ost, host, hoste; Anglo-Norman oste, hoste; Old French oste, hoste; Latin hospitem, from hospes
Evidence
cohost, cohost, dehost, host, hostable, hosted, hostee, hostel, hosteler, hostelite, hostelry, hostelry, hoster, hostess, hosting, hostler, hostlership, hostless, hostmask, hostmaster, hostname, hostress, hosts, hostship, interhost, intrahost, localhost, multihost, mycohost, nonhost, rehost, unhosted, webhost
Notes
hostel, hotel, and hospital are doublets
hosteler, hostler, and hotelier are doublets
hostler is a variant of hosteler
