Where does “homegate” come from?
homegate (English) comes from English tailgate, from English -gate, from English Watergate, from English water, from Middle English water, from Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic watar, from Proto-Germanic watōr — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
homegate (English): To tailgate at home
Definitions
- To tailgate at home
Ancestry of “homegate”, step by step
homegate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tailgate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tailgate | A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle... |
| 2 | English | -gate | Combined with keywords to form the names of... |
| 3 | English | Watergate | An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon |
| 4 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 5 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 6 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
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 |