Etymograph

English

hospitable

Hospitable comes from Latin hospitor ‘to be a guest or lodger’, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis‘lord, master’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis‘host’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospes‘guest’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitoras hospitare‘to be a guest or lodger’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hospitable
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1864same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis‘lord, master’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis‘host’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospes‘guest’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitoras hospitare‘to be a guest or lodger’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hospitable
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1864same form

Earliest quotation: 1864, – 1865 November, The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company: “And you come, brother," said Mr. Wegg, in a…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’

hostage, hostel, hostess, hotelier, 11 more

through Latin hospes ‘guest’

hotel, host, 15 more

Today it means

adj cordial and generous towards guests

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / hospitable

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