Where does “Putnamian” come from?
Putnamian (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.
Putnamian (English): Of or relating to Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, and a major figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century
Definitions
- Of or relating to Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, and a major figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century
Ancestry of “Putnamian”, step by step
Putnamian 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 Putnam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Putnam | A placename |
| 2 | English | Puttenham | — |
| 3 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |