Etymograph

English

JavaBean

From Java + bean, continuing the coffee association of the name, now often shortened to just bean.

Formed from Java + bean

Old Javanese Jawa ‘Javanese’

Javanese Jawa ‘Javanese’

English Java

Proto-Germanic *baunō

Proto-West Germanic *baunu

Old English bēan

Middle English bene

English bean

Today it means

noun A reusable software component written in Java, allowing access to its properties using standardized getter and setter methods.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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