*ghos-ti-

Used in both senses - a stranger that you show hospitality to and a stranger you fight. Same double meaning we can see in the offspring host and hostile. Other family members are "guest", "hospital" and "Xenia".

This root gave rise to 6+ German words.

Word Family 6 words

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