Etymograph

English

inhospitality

Inhospitality comes from Latin inhospitālis ‘inhospitable’, from hospitālis ‘relating to guests’, and ultimately from 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’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitālis‘relating to guests’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhospitālis‘inhospitable’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhospitalitas
  7. Englishtodayinhospitality

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’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhospitālis‘relating to guests’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhospitālis‘inhospitable’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhospitalitas
  7. Englishtodayinhospitality

Formed from in- + hospitality

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis ‘lord, master’

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Latin hospitālis ‘hospitable’

Latin hospitālitās

Old French hospitalité

Middle English hospitalite ‘the practice of hospitality’

English hospitality

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *hostipotis ‘host’

hostage, hostess, 7 more

through Latin hospes ‘host’

host, hospice, hospitable, hotelier, hospitalist, 9 more

through Latin hospitālis ‘relating to guests’

hotel, hospital, hostel, 5 more

Today it means

noun Lack of hospitality.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis / inhospitality

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