English

ex-host

From ex- + host.

Formed from ex- + host

Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-

Latin ex ‘out of, from’

English ex-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘master of guests’

Proto-Italic *hostipotis

Latin hospes ‘a host’

Old French oste ‘innkeeper’

Middle English hoste

English host

Today it means

noun A former host.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.