Etymology

self-build

Today it means: Supplied in kit form, for construction by the owner. Full definition →

English build ← Middle English bilden ← Old English bytlan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-West Germanic*buþlijan
  9. Old Englishbytlan
  10. Middle Englishbilden
  11. Englishbuild
  12. English todayself-build

From self- + build.

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