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oste.

innkeeper, landlord (proprietor of an osteria)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔs.te/
  1. innkeeper, landlord (proprietor of an osteria)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord”), which is from Latin hospitem. From the same Latin source: Italian ospite (a doublet).

noun/ˈɔs.te/
  1. army or host, especially that of the enemy

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin hostem (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).

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