Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: air_hostess, hostess

'hostess'

[hostess.n.01] as in: a woman host

'hostess'

[hostess.n.02] as in: a woman innkeeper

'hostess'

[stewardess.n.01] as in: a woman steward on an airplane

Origins

					hostess (English)
└── hostesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── hostesse (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
        └── ostesce (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            ├── -esce (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── oste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
                ├── hospes (Latin)
                └── hospitem (Latin)