Household etymology

English

English word household comes from Middle English houshold

Etymology of household

Detailed word origin of household

Dictionary entry Language Definition
houshold Middle English (enm)
household English (en) Belonging to the same house and family.. Of anything found in or having its origin in a home. (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.. Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.