Etymograph

English

hostship

From host + -ship.

Formed from host + -ship

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 The property of being a host.

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

Etymograph / hostship