«guest (also host)» en siete lenguas
Significadoguest (also host)
Español
/ˈwesped/
m.patrimonial
Formal; for a party guest Spanish says invitado.
Francés
/ot/
m.patrimonial
Both host and guest; a hotel guest is a client.
Italiano
/ˈɔspite/
m.cultismo
Its inherited doublet is oste 'innkeeper'.
Portugués
/ˈɔspedʒi/
m.cultismo
Semi-learned (the proparoxytone was never reduced); an invited guest is a convidado.
Rumano
/ˈo̯aspete/
m.patrimonial
Catalán
/ˈɔstə/
m.patrimonial
Like French hôte, it can mean both guest and host; an invited guest is a convidat.
Inglés
/gɛst/
pariente indoeuropeo · PIE *gʰóstis
Native guest and borrowed host are distant cognates, both from PIE *gʰóstis.
El antepasado latino
HOSPITEM (nom. HOSPES)‘guest; host’
Las seis hermanas descienden de él, salvo que se indique lo contrario abajo.
La historia
Latin HOSPES meant both host and guest, and French hôte and Italian ospite still do. Spanish broke the open o (huésped, with a silent h in front); French lost the s and marked it with a circumflex.
Parientes en inglés: host, hospitality, hospital, hotel