Guest and Host - The Root of Hospitality

The original inda europeans were a nomadic people with a culture built around cattle raising as well as sheep, goat and horse domestication. So to day's host might be to morrow'sg so this word originally had a reciprocal or dual meaning. But the guest was also a stranger, which meant that there was always a degree of uncertainty and possible hostility. The fact that guest and host came from the same word suggest a specific set of cultural rules in which guest host relationships were intertwined. There were mutual obligations of hospitality, as we'll see in an upcoming episode.