Etymology

hoster

H4O1S1T1E1R1

Today it means: A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  4. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  5. Latinhospes
  6. Old Frenchoste
  7. Middle Englishhoste
  8. Englishhost
  9. English todayhoster

From host + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.