Where does “householder” come from?

Householder comes from Middle English housholdere, meaning a person who maintains a household or domestic establishment.

householder (English): The owner of a house; The head of a household; A...

Definitions

  1. The owner of a house; The head of a household; A...

Ancestry of “householder”, step by step

householder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English household

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhouseholdCollectively, all the persons who live in a given...
2Middle Englishhousholdfamily, household; house, residence; household...
3Middle Englishhoushouse, residence; house of worship, temple;...
4Old Englishhūsdwelling, shelter, house; house
5Proto-West Germanichūshouse
6Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Middle English housholdere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhousholdere—

Words derived from “householder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūs →