Etymology

bach

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Today it means: A bachelor. Full definition →

German Bach ← Middle High German bach ← Old High German bah
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bach · noun, verb1

Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

Bach · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bakiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*baki
  4. Old High Germanbah
  5. Middle High Germanbach
  6. GermanBach
  7. English todayBach

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.

Bach · proper noun3

  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromBạch
  2. English todayBach

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.

BACH · proper noun4

  1. German · borrowed fromBACH
  2. English todayBACH

Borrowed from German BACH.

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