Where does “homestretch” come from?
homestretch (English) comes from English home, from Middle English home, from Middle English whom, from Old English hwām, from Proto-Germanic hwammai, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
homestretch (English): the final stretch of a race track; the last part...
Definitions
- the final stretch of a race track; the last part...
Ancestry of “homestretch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | home | "A dwelling."; One’s native land; the place or... |
| 2 | Middle English | home | Alternative form of hom; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Middle English | whom | — |
| 4 | Old English | hwām | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwammai | masculine/neuter dative of *hwaz |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwaz | who, what; whose; whom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |