Etymology

rehouse

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Today it means: To give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house. Full definition →

English house ← Middle English hous ← Old English hūs
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  9. Old Englishhūs
  10. Middle Englishhous
  11. Englishhouse
  12. English todayrehouse

From re- + house.

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