Etymology

nonhomeless

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Today it means: Not homeless. Full definition →

English homeless ← Middle English *homles ← Old English hāmlēas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  16. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  18. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  20. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  21. Proto-West Germanic*haim
  22. Old Englishhām
  23. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  25. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  26. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  27. Old Englishhāmlēas
  28. Middle English*homles
  29. Englishhomeless
  30. English todaynonhomeless

From non- + homeless.

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