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homecoming

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Noun — The act of coming back home.

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This word comes from Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, made up of home and coming. It is probably an alteration of the earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, which in turn came from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).

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