Etymology

homeowner

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Today it means: Someone who owns a house. Full definition →

English owner ← Middle English ouner ← Old English hām
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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. Middle Englishhom
  11. Englishhome
  12. Middle Englishouner
  13. Englishowner
  14. English todayhomeowner

From home + owner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.