
English word host comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (Enemy. Guest. Stranger, host.)
*gʰóstis (Proto-Indo-European)
Enemy. Guest. Stranger, host.
*hostis (Proto-Italic)
Stranger, guest.
hostis (Latin)
(plural only) the enemy. An enemy of the state, a stranger.
hospitem (Latin)
host (Old French)
oost (Middle English)
Host, army (clarification of this definition is being sought).
host (English)
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels). A large number of items; a large inventory.