Where does “homebake” come from?
homebake (English) comes from English bake, from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.
homebake (English): To bake (food) at home
Definitions
- To bake (food) at home
Ancestry of “homebake”, step by step
homebake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bake | To cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To... |
| 2 | German | backen | to bake; to roast; to fry; to fire |
| 3 | Middle High German | backen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | backan | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bachen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | bahhan | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bakan | back |
via English Home
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Home | A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go... |
| 2 | Middle English | hōm | home, residence, dwelling |
| 3 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |