House in Greek
σπίτι
spiti — house
Hear σπίτι
Σπίτι (spiti) covers both house and home. Greek does not split them the way English does, so το σπίτι μου is my house and my home at once, and πάω σπίτι means I am going home. Stress the first syllable: SPI-ti.
The word arrived from Latin. Hospitium meant lodgings, became ὁσπίτιον in Greek, then σπίτιν, then σπίτι — and in doing so pushed aside the ancient οἶκος, which now survives mainly in compounds. The same Latin root gave English hospital, hostel and hotel.
Two words sit close to it. Σπιτικό as an adjective means home-made, which is why you see σπιτικό φαγητό on taverna signs. Νοικοκυριό is the household as an institution — the running of it, rather than the building.
Example sentences
Το σπίτι μου είναι κοντά.
To spiti mou einai konta.
My house is nearby.
Πάω σπίτι.
Pao spiti.
I am going home.
Related forms
- σπιτικό (spitiko) — home-made
- οικογένεια (oikogeneia) — family — built on the old οἶκος
Common questions
- Does oikos mean home?
- It did. Οἶκος was the Ancient Greek word for house and household, and it survives in Modern Greek compounds like οικογένεια and οικονομία. For the building itself, Greeks now say σπίτι.
- How do you say home in Greek?
- Σπίτι, the same word as house. Πάω σπίτι means "I am going home"; Greek leaves the difference to context.
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