Etymology

co-host

Today it means: A joint host alongside another (compare co-star). Full definition →

English host ← Middle English hoste ← Old French oste
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  11. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  12. Latinhospes
  13. Old Frenchoste
  14. Middle Englishhoste
  15. Englishhost
  16. English todayco-host

From co- + host.

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