Etymology

homelessness

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Today it means: The state of being homeless. Full definition →

English homeless ← Middle English *homles ← Old English hāmlēas
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  3. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  7. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*haim
  9. Old Englishhām
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  12. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  14. Old Englishhāmlēas
  15. Middle English*homles
  16. Englishhomeless
  17. English todayhomelessness

From homeless + -ness.

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