Etymograph

English

househusband

From house + husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond).

A compound of house + husband

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Old English hūsbonda ‘master of the house’

Middle English husbonde ‘a husband’

English husband

Today it means

noun A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.

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

Etymograph / househusband