English

houseperson

From house + person.

A compound of house + person

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A househusband or housewife.

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

Etymograph / houseperson