Where does “homeschooling” come from?
Homeschooling combines English home from Old English hām and English school from Middle Dutch scole, which derives from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to turn or move around.
homeschooling (English): Teaching children at home instead of sending them...
Definitions
- Teaching children at home instead of sending them...
Ancestry of “homeschooling”, step by step
homeschooling traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English schooling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schooling | Training or instruction; Institutional education;... |
| 2 | English | school | A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such... |
| 3 | Middle English | scole | school |
| 4 | Old English | scōl | place of education |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skōlu | — |
| 6 | Latin | schola | Leisure time given to learning; schooltime,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σχολή | leisure, free time; rest; that in which leisure... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | skʰolā́ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |
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 |
via English homeschool
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | homeschool | Alternative spelling of home school |