回到自己的家
這一支就是畫面本身，家就是家。
noun · B2
The event of someone arriving back at the place they call home after being away for a long time, together with the welcome and the feeling around that return.
返鄉；歸來
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: the door opens and the person who has been away for a long time is standing there. The word is not the journey and not the address — it is that arrival, and everything gathered around it: the cooking started two days early, the sign with the name, the neighbours looking out. Change what counts as home and the word travels with you.
homecoming 可以想成門一打開，久違的那個人就站在門口。這個字指的不是路上那段，也不是那個地址，而是抵達的那…更多收起
homecoming 可以想成門一打開，久違的那個人就站在門口。這個字指的不是路上那段，也不是那個地址，而是抵達的那一刻，以及圍在它旁邊的一切：提早兩天開始煮的菜、名字拼錯的接機牌、探頭出來看的鄰居。只要把「家」的範圍換一下，這個畫面就跟著搬過去。From the word’s history
Middle English hom-comyng, from home + coming, probably reshaped from Old English hāmcyme "homecoming, return" — so the parts have always been exactly home and coming.
這個字在中古英語寫成 hom-comyng，就是 home 加 coming；更早在古英語裡是 hāmcyme，意思就是「回家、歸來」。也就是說，它從頭到尾就是把「家」和「回來」黏在一起，今天的用法還是同一個畫面。
Wiktionary entry for homecoming, etymology section supplied in the evidence packet: "From Middle English hom-comyng ... equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come ... from Old English hāmcyme."
Two branches
回到母校
把「家」換成讀過的學校，久別之後回去的那個場合就有了名字。
noun · B2
In American and Canadian high schools and colleges, a yearly event when former students come back to visit, usually built around a football game, a parade, and a dance.
返校日；返校節