Etymology

homestall

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Today it means: Place of a home; homestead. Full definition →

Middle English homstal ← Old English hāmsteall
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhāmsteall“homestead; residence”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhomstal
  3. English todayhomestall

From Middle English homstal, hamstal, from Old English hāmsteall (“homestead; residence”), equivalent to home + stall.

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