English

housefolk

From house + folk.

A compound of house + folk

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Proto-Germanic *fulką ‘troop, army’

Proto-West Germanic *folk ‘military, army, troop’

Old English folc ‘the people, especially the common people’

Middle English folk ‘people, folk’

English folk

Today it means

noun The people of a household.

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

Etymograph / housefolk