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US /hoʊm/ UK /həʊm/ See IPA manual

Homophones

holm /hoʊm/

adv adj noun Freq #161

Meanings

1

noun
The place where you live.

Please deliver the package to my home.
2

adv
To or at the place where you live.

They stay home on weekends.
3

adj
Relating to the place where you live or where you come from.

He still visits his home town every summer.
4

noun
A place where people who need special care are looked after.

Her grandfather lives in a home for the elderly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the place where you live. house

4 noun · a place where people who... nursing home

More homeward

Opposites

end

Word family

Forms homedhomeshoming

Derived forms at-homenessbirthhomedirect-to-homedishomedown-homeeco-homefar-from-homefollow-homehe's-at-homehofficehome-alonghome-and-away

Related forms homeless homely homeowner homestead hometownhomeyhominghomy

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem. Cognates Cognate with Scots hame (“home”), Yola haime, hime, hyme (“home”), Saterland Frisian Heem (“home”), Alemannic German haim, hei, heim, hemmu (“home”), Bavarian hama, hame (“home”), Cimbrian hòam, huam (“home”), Dutch heem, heim (“home”), German Heim (“home”), Limburgish heim, Héïm (“home”), Luxembourgish Heem (“home”), Mòcheno hoa'm (“home”), Vilamovian ham, hām, haom (“h…

*ḱey- Proto-Indo-European hōm Middle English hām Old English *haim Proto-West Germanic *haimaz Proto-Germanic *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European

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House & Home

# home

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adv, adj, noun
**IPA (US):** hoʊm
**IPA (UK):** həʊm
**Frequency rank:** 161

## Meanings
1. The place where you live.
2. To or at the place where you live.
3. Relating to the place where you live or where you come from.
4. A place where people who need special care are looked after.

## Examples
- Please deliver the package to my home.
- They stay home on weekends.
- He still visits his home town every summer.
- Her grandfather lives in a home for the elderly.

## Synonyms
- homeward

## Antonyms
- end

## Derived Forms
- at-homeness
- birthhome
- direct-to-home
- dishome
- down-home
- eco-home
- far-from-home
- follow-home
- he's-at-home
- hoffice
- home-along
- home-and-away

## Related Forms
- homeless
- homely
- homeowner
- homestead
- hometown
- homey
- homing
- homy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱey-
- Root: hōm
- Root: hām
- Root: *haim
- Root: *haimaz
- Root: *ḱóymos

## Etymology
From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem. Cognates Cognate with Scots hame (“home”), Yola haime, hime, hyme (“home”), Saterland Frisian Heem (“home”), Alemannic German haim, hei, heim, hemmu (“home”), Bavarian hama, hame (“home”), Cimbrian hòam, huam (“home”), Dutch heem, heim (“home”), German Heim (“home”), Limburgish heim, Héïm (“home”), Luxembourgish Heem (“home”), Mòcheno hoa'm (“home”), Vilamovian ham, hām, haom (“h…

## AI Etymology
Home comes from Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem. The historical line also includes *ḱey- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “The place where you live” and “To or at the place where you live”.

## Topics
- House & Home

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