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How to spell homesick
What it means: Sad because of being away from where one lives.
In a sentence: Sarah felt homesick during her first night at summer camp.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as homesickk or homesic.
Same family: sick, homesickness, homeland, homes, homeward. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Homesick” is a compound word formed from “home” and “sick,” and it first appeared in English in the 18th century to describe the painful longing soldiers and travelers felt for their homeland. It is similar in idea to the older word “nostalgia,” which comes from Greek roots meaning “homecoming pain.”
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