Etymograph

English

gighouse

From gig + house.

A compound of gig + house

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

noun A building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gighouse