Etymograph

English

hospiticide

Hospiticide comes from Latin hospes ‘host" or "guest’, and goes back to 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‘host" or "guest’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospiticīda
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1837hospiticide

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‘host" or "guest’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospiticīda
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1837hospiticide

Earliest quotation: 1837, Edward Smallwood, Manuella: “Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy…”

Formed from -cide

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’

hostage, hostel, hostess, hotelier, 8 more

through Latin hospes ‘host" or "guest’

hotel, host, hospitality, hospitable, hospitalist, 12 more

Today it means

noun One who kills his guest or host.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / hospiticide

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