Etymology

bonehouse

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Old English bānhūs
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bonehouse · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited frombānhūs“the body, the chest, breast”
  2. English todaybonehouse

From Old English bānhūs (“the body, the chest, breast”, literally “the bone-house”), equivalent to bone + house.

bonehouse · noun2

From bone + house. Compare German Beinhaus (“ossuary”).

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