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The English word 'house' traces back to Proto-Indo-European *h?s? (meaning 'house'), which evolved into Proto-Germanic *h?s. Through sound changes in Old English (e.g., loss of initial *s in some forms), it became 'h?s,' later regularized as 'house' in Middle English. A possible secondary link exists to the PIE root *(s)kewH- ('to cover/hide'), suggesting a semantic shift from concealment to dwelling.