Old French

Alternative forms

• hostece
• hostesce
• hostesse
• ostece
• ostesse

Noun

ostesce f ‎(oblique plural ostesces, nominative singular ostesce, nominative plural ostesces)

1. female innkeeper or keeper of a lodging

Related terms

• oste
• ostel

Descendants

• English: hostess (borrowed)
• French: hôtesse

References

• “hôtesse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).