Where does “abaisseur” come from?
abaisseur (French) comes from French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, from Old French baissier, from Vulgar Latin bassio, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis — to step.
abaisseur (French): Said of a muscle that lowers a body part; Which...
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- Said of a muscle that lowers a body part; Which...
Ancestry of “abaisseur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abaisser | To lower; to reduce; to bring down; To come or go... |
| 2 | Old French | abaissier | to prostrate oneself; to lower, to reduce |
| 3 | Old French | baissier | to lower |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bassio | I lower |
| 5 | Latin | Bassus | thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |