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guest

/ˈɡest/GEST
/ˈɡɛst/GEST

Meaninga stranger, a guest

Common meaning: a visitor

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAS‘wound, strike’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 118, p. 734 · scan
  2. Old EnglishgæstsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishgestsource
  4. Englishguest‘a visitor’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gæst ‘a stranger, a guest’.

Roots

  • gæst Old English “a stranger, a guest”

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