Where does “homemade” come from?

Homemade derives from home, from Old English hām, from Proto-Indo-European kem- meaning village or home.

homemade (English): Made at home; Made by oneself; In a simple style...

Definitions

  1. Made at home; Made by oneself; In a simple style...

Ancestry of “homemade”, step by step

homemade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English made

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmadeA grub or maggot; simple past tense and past...
2Middle EnglishmadeAlternative form of madde; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishmacode
4Old Englishmacianto make
5Emilianmâciaspot, stain
6LatinMacula
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

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

Words derived from “homemade

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂Every word from Latin Macula
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