Late Latin
bassus
‘thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Late Latin bassus.
8 English words in this record descend from Late Latin bassus, most familiar first.
- base ← bas
- basset ← bassette ← bassetta ← bassetto ← basso
- bassoon ← basson ← bassone ← basso
- basso
- debase ← bas
- abaisse ← abaisser ← abaissier ← baissier ← *bassiāre
- bassetto ← basso
- contrabasso ← contrabbasso ← basso
Etymograph / Late Latin bassus