myEtymology.com: English etymology of base

1. Etymology of the English word base

the English word base

derived from the Old French word base

derived from the Latin word basis (footing, base; pedestal; base, point of attachment)

derived from the Greek word basis, βάσις (footing, base; a pace ('base'); the foot)

derived from the Greek word bainein, βαίνω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷā-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷa-

Dutch baas, Dutch baars, Dutch basis, Dutch bas, Dutch bosje, Dutch boss, English boss, English bass, English boscet, French base, French bas, French basse, French boss, German Bass, German Baas, German Barsch, German Basis, German Baß, German Boskett, German Posse, Icelandic bassi, Italian basso, Italian base, Latin basis, Lithuanian bosas, Lithuanian baze, Norwegian bas, Norwegian basis, Norwegian buskas, Norwegian boss, Polish baza, Polish bas, Portuguese baixo, Russian бaзa, Russian бac, Spanish bajo, Swedish bas, Swedish buskage, Swedish boss

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derived from the English word base

derived from the Old French word bas

derived from the Latin word bassus (low, base; base)

Word found in Modern English