nonhost

English

Alternative forms

• non-host

Etymology

Etymology tree

English non-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis

Proto-Indo-European *pótis

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis

Proto-Italic *hostipotis

Latin hospes

Old French ostebor.

Middle English hoste

English host

English nonhost

From non- + host.

Noun

nonhost (plural nonhosts)

1. (chiefly attributive) Not a host.