| 【hus, house】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "hus," and "husian." It carries the basic meaning of "house." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "hus, house"]
house ****[257] A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.
household ****[1352] A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house.
housing ****[1827] You refer to the buildings in which people live as housing when you are talking about their standard, price, or availability.
husband ****[995] A woman's husband is the man she is married to.
[WORD ROOT]root hus
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] hus, house
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) hus, husian
[MEANING]root house
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 hus (noun) dwelling, shelter, building designed to be used as a residence
- 【Old English】 husian (verb) to take into a house; place or enclose in a house
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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house ★★★★[257] noun from house
【DEFINITION】 A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.
【pl.】 houses
【SYNONYM】 household
【ROOTs】 house(hus); house
【Etymology】 《Old English hus》 (noun) dwelling, shelter, building designed to be used as a residence
【First Known Meaning】 dwelling, shelter, building designed to be used as a residence
【DERIVATIVEs】 houseless, house
household ★★★★[1352] noun
【DEFINITION】 A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house.
【pl.】 households
【SYNONYM】 house
【COMPOSITION】 house + hold
【ROOTs】 ⑴ house(hus); house ⑵ hold; hold
【Etymology】 《Old English hus》 (noun) dwelling, shelter, building designed to be used as a residence
housing ★★★★[1827] noun from house
【DEFINITION】 You refer to the buildings in which people live as housing when you are talking about their standard, price, or availability.
【pl.】 housings
【SYNONYM】 bury
【COMPOSITION】 house + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ hous(hus); house ⑵ ing; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English hus》 (noun) dwelling, shelter, building designed to be used as a residence
husband ★★★★[995] noun from husband 〈 house
【DEFINITION】 A woman's husband is the man she is married to.
【pl.】 husbands
【ROOTs】 ⑴ hus; house ⑵ band(bua); dwell, booth, bound
【Etymology】 《Old English husbonda》 [from Old Norse husbondi([hus+bondi] "freeholder, yeoman")] master of the house, (literally) house-dweller
【First Known Meaning】 male head of a household, master of a house, householder
【DERIVATIVEs】 husbander, husbandhood, husbandless, husbandly, husband
Other words containing "hus, house"; houseless, husbander, husbandhood, husbandless, husbandly, penthouse
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
humor, humid
hum
how
host-, hospit
hope
honor
homin, human
hold
hol-, hal-, whole
histor
