Etymology

housemate

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Today it means: Someone living in the same house. Full definition →

English mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate
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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*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  10. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  11. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  12. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  13. Old Saxongimato
  14. Middle Low Germanmate
  15. Middle Englishmate
  16. Englishmate
  17. English todayhousemate

From house + -mate.

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