Where does “Bauhaus” come from?

Bauhaus derives from German Bau, a noun meaning "building," combined with German Haus, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-, meaning "to cover."

Bauhaus (English): A modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design

Definitions

  1. A modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design

Ancestry of “Bauhaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBauhaushouse of architecture
2Germanbauento build; to construct; to roll a joint; to rely
3Middle High Germanbūwento build
4Old High Germanbūanto build
5Proto-West Germanic*būan—
6Proto-Germanicbūanąto dwell, reside
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “Bauhaus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic būaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *būan →