Etymograph

English

home wrecker

From home + wrecker, suggesting the breakup of a household.

A compound of home + wrecker

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘home’

Middle English hom ‘home’

English home

Today it means

noun A person who gains the affections of someone already married or engaged, and thus causes the dissolution of the marriage or engagement.

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

Etymograph / home wrecker