Where does “Bauhausian” come from?
Bauhausian (English) comes from English ian, from Irish Eoin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة.
Bauhausian (English): Of or relating to Bauhaus or the style it...
Definitions
- Of or relating to Bauhaus or the style it...
Ancestry of “Bauhausian”, step by step
Bauhausian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Bauhaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bauhaus | A modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design |
| 2 | German | Bauhaus | house of architecture |
| 3 | German | bauen | to build; to construct; to roll a joint; to rely |
| 4 | Middle High German | būwen | to build |
| 5 | Old High German | būan | to build |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *būan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |