English

Whitehouse

From white + house.

Formed from white + house

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English white

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Whitehouse