household English · revision 5024

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1382|origins=en house, en hold}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈhaʊs.həʊld/, /ˈhaʊs.əʊld/, US /ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|houshold]], a compound of hous “house” and hold,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) the second part in a Middle English sense “a dwelling, habitation” that survives in Northern English and Scots.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[house]] and [[hold]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The contents of a house, household goods and furniture: 1382 in the OED, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) The adjective “of or belonging to a household, domestic” is also from 1382.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The people of a house collectively, a family together with its servants, is from 1387–8 in the OED, late 14th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''The Household'', the royal or imperial household, is from about 1400.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) Housekeeping, keeping a house or family, is from 1489 and is obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) ''Household word'', one in very familiar use, is from the 1590s, and ''household name'' is by 1819.^(Etymonline) As a technical term it was used on its own for household bread or coal, from 1638.^(OED 1989)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1382 – household goods.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1387–8 – the people living in a house.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1400 – the royal household.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1590s – ''household word''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1819 – ''household name''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # All the people who live together in one house, as a [[family]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The home and everything in it.^(AHD)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to or used in a home: ''household goods''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Very well known: ''a household name''.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[householder]]

+ * [[household art]]

+ * [[household effects]]

+ * [[household arts]]

+ * [[Household Cavalry]]

+ * [[household god]]

+ * [[household word]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[house]]

+ * [[hold]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}