English

roughhouse

From rough + house.

A compound of rough + house

Proto-Germanic *rūhaz ‘rough, hairy’

Old English rūh ‘rough’

Middle English rough ‘rough’

English rough

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

adj Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting.

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

Etymograph / roughhouse