Where does “great bass recorder” come from?
great bass recorder (English) comes from English bass recorder, from English bass, from Middle English bace, from Middle English bars, from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic bars, from Proto-Germanic barsaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰórsos — top, tip, point.
great bass recorder (English): A recorder whose lowest note is C3 (or otherwise in the range of B♭2 to D3)
Definitions
- A recorder whose lowest note is C3 (or otherwise in the range of B♭2 to D3)
Ancestry of “great bass recorder”, step by step
great bass recorder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bass recorder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bass recorder | A recorder whose lowest note is F3 (or otherwise in the range of E♭3 to G3) |
| 2 | English | bass | Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch... |
| 3 | Middle English | bace | bass; Alternative form of bas; Alternative form... |
| 4 | Middle English | bars | Alternative form of bace |
| 5 | Old English | bærs | a fish, perch |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bars | perch |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | barsaz | perch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰórsos | prickle, thorn, scale; pointy, prickly |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰers- | top, tip, point |
via English Great
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Great | Taking much space; large |
| 2 | Middle English | grete | great; massive; amazing |
| 3 | Old English | grēat | great, large; big, thick, coarse, massive |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |