Etymograph

English

hoster

From host + -er.

A compound of host + -er

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 provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

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

Etymograph / hoster