Where does “Home” come from?
Home comes from Middle English home, from Old English hām, from Proto-Indo-European kem-, meaning village or enclosed settlement.
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Ancestry of “Home”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hōm | home, residence, dwelling |
| 2 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |