English hostage

← Middle English hostage (inherited)

← Middle English ostage (mention)

← Old French hostage (derived)

← Old French ostage (mention)

← Old French hoste (mention)

← Old French -age (mention)

← Old French hoste (mention)

← Latin obses (mention)

→ English hostageship (suffix)

→ English guestage (blend)

→ Esperanto ostaĝo (cognate)

→ Dutch gijzel (link)