Where does “contrebassiste” come from?
contrebassiste (French) comes from French contrebasse, from Italian contrabbasso, from Italian basso, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
contrebassiste (French): double bass player
Ancestry of “contrebassiste”, step by step