English
hostry
Hostry comes from Old French hosterie, from oste ‘host’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis‘lord, master’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis‘host’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospesas hospitem‘host’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400osteas hoste‘host’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400hosterie
- Englishearliest quotation 1526hostry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰóstipotis‘lord, master’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hostipotis‘host’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospesas hospitem‘host’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400osteas hoste‘host’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400hosterie
- Englishearliest quotation 1526hostry
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’
hospitality, hotelier, hospitalist, 7 more
through Latin hospes ‘host’
hotel, hospital, hospice, hostel, hospitable, 10 more
through Old French oste ‘host’
Today it means
noun A hostelry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / hostry