Etymograph

English

lockhouse

From lock + house.

A compound of lock + house

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

noun A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.

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

Etymograph / lockhouse