Etymograph

English

hostileness

From hostile + -ness.

Formed from hostile + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis ‘guest’

Proto-Italic *hostis ‘stranger’

Latin hostis ‘enemy’

Latin hostīlis

Middle French hostile

English hostile

Today it means

noun The quality of being hostile.

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

Etymograph / hostileness