home

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at, to or in the direction of one's home or family

   They stay home on weekends.

2. 2
   adv

   on or to the point aimed at

   the arrow struck home

3. 3
   adj

   relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

   my home town

4. 4
   noun

   an institution where people are cared for

   a home for the elderly

5. 5
   noun

   the country or state or city where you live

   Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home

6. 6
   noun

   where you live at a particular time

   deliver the package to my home

7. 7
   noun

   place where something began and flourished

   the United States is the home of basketball

8. 8
   noun

   an environment offering affection and security

   home is where the heart is

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…