English
home
Home comes from Old English hām ‘home’, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos ‘village, home’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home, village’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hom‘home’
- Englishearliest quotation 1526home
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home, village’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hom‘home’
- Englishearliest quotation 1526home
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And the diſciples went awaye agayne vnto their awne…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to settle’
city, civil, hide, civic, cemetery, coma, citadel, civitas, ceilidh, 33 more
through Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’
hamlet, haunt, bohemian, 11 more
through Old English hām
Today it means
noun One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos / home