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English word guest comes from Proto-Germanic *jestuz (Yeast.), Proto-Indo-European - -tis, Proto-Indo-European *gʰes-
*jestuz (Proto-Germanic)
Yeast.
- -tis (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʰes- (Proto-Indo-European)
ġyst (Old English)
*gʰóstis (Proto-Indo-European)
Enemy. Guest. Stranger, host.
*gastiz (Proto-Germanic)
Stranger, guest.
ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (Proto-Norse)
Guest.
gestr (Old Norse)
Guest.
gist (Middle English)
guest (English)
(zoology) An inquiline.. (zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.. A patron or customer in a hotel etc.. A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.. An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast. (intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing [...]