English
abaisse
Abaisse comes from French abaisser ‘to lower’, and goes back to Late Latin bassus ‘thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEbassus‘thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*bassiāre‘to lower’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400baissier‘to lower’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400abaissier‘to lower, to reduce’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentabaisser‘to lower’
- Englishtodayabaisse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEbassus‘thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*bassiāre‘to lower’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400baissier‘to lower’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400abaissier‘to lower, to reduce’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentabaisser‘to lower’
- Englishtodayabaisse
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘step’
come, coming, event, revenue, convention, adventure, avenue, venue, inventory, cum, convenience, diabetes, advent, intervene, inventor, invent, souvenir, provenance, pug, convene, contravention, revenant, circumvention, contravene, quim, 50 more
through Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis ‘step’
through Ancient Greek βάσις ‘stepping, step’
through Late Latin bassus ‘thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base’
Today it means
noun A thin undercrust of pastry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin bassus / abaisse