English
basilar
Basilar comes from New Latin basilāris.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900basilāris
- Englishearliest quotation 1883basilar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900basilāris
- Englishearliest quotation 1883basilar
Earliest quotation: 1883, Henry Ward Beecher, What is the Bible?: “[…] that which he has in common with the…”
Linked words
through Latin basis ‘a pedestal, foot, base’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin basilāris / basilar