English

housebook

house + book

A compound of house + book

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Proto-Germanic *bōks ‘letter’

Proto-West Germanic *bōk ‘inscribed billet, letter’

Old English bōc

Middle English bok ‘a document’

English book

Today it means

noun A book for recording the accounts and other matters pertaining to a household.

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

Etymograph / housebook