Etymology

hostie

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Today it means: the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host. Full definition →

Middle French hostie ← Latin hostia
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hostie · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromhostia
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromhostie
  3. English todayhostie

Borrowed from Middle French hostie, from Latin hostia.

hostie · noun2

From hostess + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Words from the same roots

Latinhostia all →

host

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