base
Old French
noun
Definitions
- base bottom part, supporting part
Etymology
Derived from Latin basis (base, foundation) derived from Ancient Greek βάσις (step, foundation, base).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βάσις
Gloss
step, foundation, base
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- base English
- basis English
- baasis Finnish
- -ia Latin
- a- Latin
- basis Latin
- bassus Latin
- bázis Hungarian
- abasia Italian
- base Italian
- base Dutch, Flemish
- basis Dutch, Flemish
- aérobase French
- base French
- baser French
- basilaire French
- basique French
- mégabase French
- parabase French
- prébase French
- base Spanish, Castilian
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βαίνω Ancient Greek
- βᾰ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥tis, *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- basis Norwegian Bokmål
- base Portuguese
- baseado Portuguese
- basis Norwegian Nynorsk
- base Middle English
- basa- Irish
- báze Czech
- bazo Esperanto
- baza Serbo-Croatian
- база Serbo-Croatian
- base Catalan, Valencian
- base Galician
- baz Turkish
- bazơ Vietnamese
- בסיס Hebrew (modern)
- base Asturian
- baza Crimean Tatar
- *gʷə́tis Proto-Hellenic