Where does “homegrown” come from?

Homegrown combines English home with the English suffix -grown, where home derives from Middle English home, Old English hām, Proto-Germanic grōaną, and Proto-Indo-European kem-.

homegrown (English): Grown at home; Created or constructed in an...

Definitions

  1. Grown at home; Created or constructed in an...

Ancestry of “homegrown”, step by step

homegrown traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Home

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHomeA key that when pressed causes the cursor to go...
2Middle Englishhōmhome, residence, dwelling
3Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
4Proto-West Germanichaimhome
5Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via English grown

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgrownpast participle of grow; Covered by growth;...
2Middle EnglishgrowenTo grow usually of plants, fruit, etc
3Old Englishgrōwanto grow, increase, flourish, germinate
4Proto-Germanicgrōanąto green; to grow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymosEvery word from Proto-Germanic haimaz