Etymology

whare

wha·re
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Today it means: A Maori house or other building. Full definition →

First used 19th c.Māori whare
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed fromwhare“house, hut”
  2. English todaywhare

Borrowed from Māori whare (“house, hut”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. A Maori house or other building.
  • from 19th c. A rough shack or hut built (by Europeans) using traditional Maori techniques; a workman's shack.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.