noun, masculine/ot/plural: hôtes
guest (one who is received); host (one who receives); host (being that carries a parasite)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French oste Middle French hoste French hôte Inherited from Middle French hoste, from Old French oste, from Latin hospitem, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰóstipotis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. See also Old French ost.