Etymology

rehome

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Today it means: To find a new home for (especially a pet). Full definition →

English home ← Middle English hom ← Old English hām
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  8. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  12. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  13. Proto-West Germanic*haim
  14. Old Englishhām
  15. Middle Englishhom
  16. Englishhome
  17. English todayrehome

From re- + home.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.