English

care home

A place of residence for people who have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly, but who do not need constant nursing care.

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    Origin

    From care + home.

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    • partEnglishcare “Close attention; concern; responsibility.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishcare
        • inheritedOld Englishcaru “anxiety, care, worry; grief, sorrow”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishcaren
        • inheritedOld Englishcarian “to sorrow, grieve, be troubled, be anxious, to care for, heed”
    • partEnglishhome “One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which …”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishhōm
        • inheritedOld Englishhām “undergarment”

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