Etymology

storehouse

store·house
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Today it means: A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂u-ro-
  7. Proto-Italic*stauros
  8. Latin*staurō
  9. Latinīnstaurō
  10. Latinīnstaurāre
  11. Anglo-Normanstor
  12. Middle Englishstore
  13. Englishstore
  14. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  15. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  16. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  17. Old Englishhūs
  18. Middle Englishhous
  19. Englishhouse
  20. English todaystorehouse

From store + house.

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