> Words frequently develop the opposite meaning of what they originally had My favourite examples, because it also emphasizes some kind of ambiguity in the con

> Words frequently develop the opposite meaning of what they originally had My favourite examples, because it also emphasizes some kind of ambiguity in the concept itself, are the english words "host", "hosting", "hospitality", "hostile", "hostage", with roots in the latin "hostis" (enemy), and the indo-european "ghosti" (guest, stranger).