Our next root is HOSP/HOST means both host or guests.
Words that originate from HOSP/HOST are:
- Hospitality
- Hospice
- Hostel
- Inhospitable
- Hostile
- Hostage
Today I have not provided you with words in context. That is because you can get the meaning of the words without sentences. Give it a try! Don't forget to jot those judged meanings on paper.
Hospitality is something that a host is expected to show to its guests. Its a generous and friendly treatment.
Hospice:
It is a place or a program undertaken by few organisations to help terminally ill patients. Usually patients are admitted in hospice when there is no scope of improvement in their health.
Hostel:
It is a supervised place and relatively cheap for the travelers to stay overnight. Now a days it also refers to the place where students stay while they are studying in the place far away from their home.
Inhospitable:
Inhospitable is someone who is unfriendly.
Hostage:
Hostage is someone who is held or exchanged so as to maintain the truce( truce is a small period during which there won't be any violence between two groups). Sometimes kidnappers take people hostage so as to get money or concessions. Obviously hostage are not "guests"!! So etymology may give you wrong meaning over here if you have not know this word. So its better to use etymology to remember meaning of words rather than using it to derive meanings of new unknown words.
That is enough for today!!!! Good day!!!
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