Etymology

hostility

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Today it means: The state of being hostile. Full definition →

Middle English hostilitie ← Old French hostilité ← Latin hostīlitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromhostīlitās
  2. Old French · derived fromhostilité
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhostilitie
  4. English todayhostility

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.