I always thought that husband was a contraction of house-bound, but I found out it relates to house-freeholder. I'm still not sure about the meaning of the root word.
husband. (Scandinavian.) Icelandic husbondi, the master of a house, the goodman; short for husbuandi = Icelandic hus, house; buandi, dwelling in, present participle of bua, to dwell; see Boor. Derivative husband-man, husband-ry.
Husband and housewife are derived from House.
I'll post Boor in a separate entry, because it's got some interesting things going on itself.
ilike etymology, but i likemade up etymology like 'i wonder what this word originates from' and then just thinking about it, rather than looking it up. i hate looking things up.
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Date: 2003-10-27 08:24 pm (UTC)Re: Husband
Date: 2003-10-28 05:30 am (UTC)Re: Husband
Date: 2003-10-28 04:09 pm (UTC)Husband and housewife are derived from House.
I'll post Boor in a separate entry, because it's got some interesting things going on itself.
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Date: 2003-10-28 01:53 pm (UTC)