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ustaša VS ostaș
The word ustaša (plural: ustaše) is derived from the intransitive verb ustati (Croatian for "rise up").
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ostaș
Language
Romanian
ostaș (plural ostași) - "soldier"
Etymology
From oaste (“army”) + -aș.
oaste (plural oști) - (archaic) "army, host"
From Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”) whence also Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Proto-Slavic *gostь
Descendants
Aromanian: oasti
Asturian: güeste
Catalan: host
→ English: host
Old French: ost, host
French: ost (revival of the Old French word)
Norman: hôt (Pays de Bray)
Picard: hôt
Galician: hoste
→ Irish: óstach
Italian: oste
Occitan: òst
Portuguese: hoste
Romanian: oaste
Spanish: hueste |