hoast

hoast · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromhósti“a cough”
2. Middle English · inherited from*host
3. English todayhoast

From Middle English *host, *hoste, from Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), akin to Icelandic hósti, Swedish hosta, Danish hoste (“a cough”). More at whoost.

hoast · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hwōstāną“to cough”
2. Old Norse · derived fromhósta“to cough”
3. Middle English · inherited from*hosten
4. English todayhoast

From Middle English *hosten, from Old Norse hósta (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstāną (“to cough”).

hoast · noun, verb³

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