English

homecourt

From home + court.

A compound of home + court

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘home’

Middle English hom ‘home’

English home

Latin cohors ‘a court’

Late Latin cōrs

Old French cort

Middle English court ‘a courtyard’

English court

Today it means

noun The home court of a basketball team.

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

Etymograph / homecourt