English
homelessly
Homelessly comes from Old English hāmlēas ‘homeless’, from hām ‘home’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150hāmlēas‘homeless’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*homlesreconstructed
- English1500–presenthomeless
- Englishearliest quotation 2008homelessly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150hāmlēas‘homeless’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*homlesreconstructed
- English1500–presenthomeless
- Englishearliest quotation 2008homelessly
Earliest quotation: 2008, Alison Stein: “Those with the types (and severity) of brain disorders…”
A compound of homeless + -ly
Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’
Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’
Old English hām ‘home’
Old English hāmlēas
Middle English *homles
English homeless
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
post, site, position, situation, positive, purpose, suppose, opponent, compound, propose, expose, impose, consolation, dispose, repository, compose, proponent, exponent, posit, expound, situate, pone, situs, 70 more
through Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’
haunt, bohemian, hamlet, 11 more
through Old English hām ‘home’
Today it means
adv In a homeless manner; without a home.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *haimaz / homelessly