English

houseworker

From house + worker.

A compound of house + worker

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun One who does the housework; a homemaker.

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

Etymograph / houseworker