English
guest-friendship
From guest + friendship.
A compound of guest + friendship
Proto-Germanic *gastiz ‘stranger’
Proto-Norse *gastiz
Old Norse gestr
Middle English gest ‘a guest’
English guest
Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi
Old English frēondsċiepe
Middle English frendschipe
English friendship
Today it means
noun Friendship shown to guests; hospitality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / guest-friendship