Where does “bassist” come from?
Bassist comes from English bass, from Latin bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις meaning foundation or base.
bassist (English): A musician who plays a bass instrument,...
Definitions
- A musician who plays a bass instrument,...
Ancestry of “bassist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bass | Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch... |
| 2 | Middle English | bace | bass; Alternative form of bas; Alternative form... |
| 3 | Middle English | bars | Alternative form of bace |
| 4 | Old English | bærs | a fish, perch |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bars | perch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | barsaz | perch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰórsos | prickle, thorn, scale; pointy, prickly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰers- | top, tip, point |