Etymology of the French word contrebasse
the French word
contrebassederived from the Italian word
contrabbassoderived from the Italian word
bassoderived from the Latin word
bassus (low, base; base)
Date
The earliest known usage of contrebasse in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
contrebassisteDerivations in other languages
Romanian
contrabasCognates
Dutch
contrabas, English
contrabass, German
Kontrabaß, Icelandic
kontrabassi, Norwegian
kontrabass, Swedish
kontrabas
