hoste.
a cough
Meaning & usage
a cough
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish hoste, from Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô
to cough
to host
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Danish hoste, from Old Norse hósta (sense 1), and English host (sense 2). The Old Norse verb is from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną
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