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Meaning & History
From the Proto-Slavic gospodь, meaning "lord" or "host." Variant of the Old Polish gospodzin, meaning "landlord.""Gospodь" further derives from the Proto-Indo-European gʰóstipotis, a compound of gʰóstis, "guest;" "stranger;" "host" and pótis, "master;" "ruler;" "husband," essentially yielding a meaning of "guest master."