Homestead

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Old English hāmstede ‘a settlement’ (see home, stead).

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Equivalent to home +‎ stead. Cognate to German Heimstatt, Dutch heemstede and Swedish hemstad.

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homestead (n.)

Old English hamstede "home, town, village," from home (n.) + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Similar formation in Dutch heemstede, Danish hjemsted.

homestead (v.)

1872, American English, from homestead (n.). Homesteader also is from 1872.