bass
English
/beɪs/, /bæs/, /bæs/
adj
Definitions
- Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
Etymology
Derived from Italian basso (low, bass) derived from Latin bassus (low, short) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (step, come, go, walk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷem-
Gloss
step, come, go, walk
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🪜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adventitious English
- basal English
- basi- English
- basic English
- bassist English
- bassless English
- basslessness English
- basslet English
- basslike English
- bassline English
- bassman English
- bassness English
- basso English
- basswood English
- basswork English
- bassy English
- circumvent English
- contravene English
- contravention English
- debase English
- eventual English
- eventuality English
- eventually English
- flute English
- hyperbass flute English
- intervene English
- line English
- man English
- midbass English
- octobass English
- octobassist English
- revenant English
- revenue English
- sub-bass English
- subvene English
- supervene English
- synth English
- synthbass English
- wood English
- work English
- *bassiare Latin
- *bassiō Latin
- advenio Latin
- advenire Latin
- adventus Latin
- bassus Latin
- convenientia Latin
- convenio, convenire Latin
- conventiō Latin
- conventus Latin
- interventiō Latin
- inventiō Latin
- inventus Latin
- praeventus Latin
- veni, vidi, vici Latin
- veniō, venio, venīre Latin
- ventio Latin
- ventito Latin
- vento Latin
- venīre Latin
- vēnī vīdī vīcī Latin
- ēventus Latin
- Bass German
- basszus Hungarian
- abbasso Italian
- bassamente Italian
- bassetto Italian
- bassezza Italian
- bassissimo Italian
- bassista Italian
- basso Italian
- bassorilievo Italian
- contrabbasso Italian
- iperbasso Italian
- bas French
- parvenu French
- bajo Spanish, Castilian
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βηλός Ancient Greek
- βᾰ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- καταβαίνω Ancient Greek
- μετάβασις Ancient Greek
- πρόβατον Ancient Greek
- συμβαίνω Ancient Greek
- ἀναβαίνω Ancient Greek
- *gʷegʷóme Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem-, *gʷémeti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥sḱéti, *gʷm̥-sḱé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémt, *hé-gʷemt Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥tis, *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₂(-dʰ)-mi Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- bass Norwegian Bokmål
- *kumiz Proto-Germanic
- *kwemaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwēmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwēmijaz Proto-Germanic
- bas Polish
- bass Norwegian Nynorsk
- अपगत Sanskrit
- अवगच्छति Sanskrit
- आगत Sanskrit
- गत Sanskrit
- गति Sanskrit
- गमयति Sanskrit
- गम्यते Sanskrit
- जङ्गम Sanskrit
- निगम Sanskrit
- jafnkominn Old Norse
- bas Old French
- bas Serbo-Croatian
- baix Catalan, Valencian
- baixar Catalan, Valencian
- abaixo Galician
- آمدن Persian
- bas Welsh
- cōmen Middle Dutch
- bas Norman
- basse Middle French
- abaixar Old Portuguese
- baixo Old Portuguese
- 貝司 Chinese
- 貝斯 Chinese
- *gam- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bas Occitan
- bas Romansh
- bass Romansh
- baxu Asturian
- bas Friulian
- baxo Old Spanish
- vasciu Sicilian
- baso Venetian
- 𑀕𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- bas Crimean Tatar
- beso Malagasy
- *kʷäm- Proto-Tocharian
- man
- work
- wood
- line
- basal
- basic
- basi-
- flute
- bassy
- basso
- synth
- debase
- subvene
- basslet
- bassman
- revenue
- bassist
- midbass
- basslike
- octobass
- bassness
- basswork
- sub-bass
- basswood
- bassline
- eventual
- bassless
- revenant
- supervene
- intervene
- synthbass
- contravene
- eventually
- circumvent
- eventuality
- octobassist
- adventitious
- basslessness
- contravention
- hyperbass flute