Where does “bassoon” come from?

Bassoon comes from French basson, from Italian bassone (augmentative of basso), from Latin bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-.

bassoon (English): A musical instrument in the woodwind family,...

Definitions

  1. A musical instrument in the woodwind family,...

Ancestry of “bassoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbassonbassoon
2Italianbassone—
3Italianbassolow; short; narrow, thin
4LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
5Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
6Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “bassoon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis →