Etymograph

English

hometime

From home + time.

A compound of home + time

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘home’

Middle English hom ‘home’

English home

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to divide’

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Proto-Germanic *tīmô ‘division, period; time’

Proto-West Germanic *tīmō

Old English tīma ‘time, period’

Middle English tyme

English time

Today it means

noun The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.

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

Etymograph / hometime