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...
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- Grown at home; Created or constructed in an...
Ancestry of “homegrown”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Home | A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go... |
| 2 | Middle English | hōm | — |
| 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 |