Etymology

housebreaker

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Today it means: A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime. Full definition →

English breaker ← Middle English hous ← Old English hūs
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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. Englishbreaker
  8. English todayhousebreaker

From house + breaker.

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