Where does “home” come from?

home (Old French) comes from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

home (Old French): man; vassal; manservant

Definitions

  1. man; vassal; manservant

Ancestry of “home”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhomōhuman, person, man
2Old Latinhemō—
3Proto-Italichemōman
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
6Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
7Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “home”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →