English

housetop

From house + top.

A compound of house + top

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Today it means

noun The roof of a house.

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

Etymograph / housetop