Host

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

See Also

Hostie, Hostage

Homographs

Host, Host