Etymology of the English word contrabass
the English word
contrabassderived from the Obsolete Italian word
contrabassoderived from the Italian word
bassoderived from the Latin word
bassus (low, base; base)
using the Italian prefix
contra-derived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Italian word
contrabbassoderived from the Italian word
bassoderived from the Latin word
bassus (low, base; base)
Cognates
Dutch
contrabas, French
contrebasse, German
Kontrabaß, Icelandic
kontrabassi, Norwegian
kontrabass, Swedish
kontrabasUsage
Word found in Modern English
