Etymology

housebound

H4O1U1S1E1B3O1U1N1D2

Today it means: Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity. Full definition →

English bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  4. Old Englishhūs
  5. Middle Englishhous
  6. Englishhouse
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*būaną
  9. Old Norsebúinn
  10. Middle Englishbownde
  11. Englishbound
  12. English todayhousebound

From house + -bound.

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