hostiya
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish hostia, from Latin hostia (“victim, sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”) in its root sense of "enemy, stranger," whence also Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Proto-Slavic *gostь.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hos‧ti‧ya
Noun edit
hostiya
- a communion wafer; the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host