Growing-up, the only place I ever heard of 'homecoming games' was probably on those 'teenager sitcoms,' and they never explained "why they called them 'homecoming games.'" So I supposed (like they probably still wrongly say at the top of the Wikipedia page on it) that they were called 'homecoming' because the team was playing a home-game after a series of away-games.
But no ... See; Friday, October 4th,, 2019, my 20-year class-reunion met at a football-game ... THAT is why it's called 'homecoming'—it's a game at which many alumni "come home" (as FastWeb explains and as Wikipedia corrects itself lower on that page).
'That word' is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
The word “Homecoming” is obviously "Coming + Home" (Return of Natives to the Isle of Man).
The word "Home" is built on ancient words that mean “to Settle, Dwell” (Village, Hamlet).
The word "Come" is built on ancient words that mean "to |Go" (Draw Near, Arrive, |Approach in Space & Time).
... The Wikipedia-page doesn't specify any connection other than 'it happens that week (usually in culmination of that week's events).'
Or maybe I'm looking at it wrong—that's one reason
Our Father God said "It is not good for the man
to be alone": "Because the man'll think he's right until
someone else shows him why he's not"—Won't you show me
how I'm right-or-wrong in the comments below?
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