basic
English
/ˈbeɪsɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
Etymology
Affix from English base root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (step, come, go, walk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷem-
Gloss
step, come, go, walk
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🪜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adventitious English
- air base English
- basal English
- base English
- baseball English
- baseband English
- baseboard English
- baseborn English
- baseburner English
- basecoat English
- baseflow English
- baselayer English
- baseless English
- baselike English
- baseline English
- baseling English
- baseload English
- basely English
- baseman English
- basement English
- basen English
- basename English
- baseness English
- basepath English
- baseperson English
- baseplate English
- basepoint English
- baserunner English
- baserunning English
- bases English
- basestealer English
- basestock English
- basetender English
- baseth English
- basewide English
- basewise English
- basewoman English
- baseword English
- basi- English
- basically English
- basicity English
- basicness English
- basification English
- basify English
- bibasic English
- circumvent English
- codebase English
- contravene English
- contravention English
- database English
- debase English
- dibasic English
- dibasicity English
- disbase English
- embase English
- eventual English
- eventuality English
- eventually English
- exobase English
- firebase English
- freebase English
- gigabase English
- gnathobase English
- gnathobasic English
- gynobase English
- heptabasic English
- hexabasic English
- intervene English
- isobase English
- kilobase English
- landbase English
- leafbase English
- megabase English
- monobasic English
- moonbase English
- multibasic English
- nonbasic English
- nucleobase English
- octabasic English
- oligobasic English
- outbase English
- panabase English
- pentabasic English
- phallobase English
- playerbase English
- polybase English
- polybasic English
- postbase English
- postbasic English
- prebasic English
- pseudobase English
- quadribasic English
- rebase English
- revenant English
- revenue English
- rheobase English
- rimbase English
- roadbase English
- seabase English
- sesquibasic English
- snowbase English
- starbase English
- subbase English
- subvene English
- superbase English
- superbasic English
- supervene English
- surbase English
- terabase English
- tetrabasic English
- tetrabasicity English
- timebase English
- tribasic English
- userbase English
- wheelbase English
- wingbase English
- advenio Latin
- advenire Latin
- adventus Latin
- bassus Latin
- convenientia Latin
- convenio, convenire Latin
- conventiō Latin
- conventus Latin
- interventiō Latin
- inventiō Latin
- inventus Latin
- praeventus Latin
- veni, vidi, vici Latin
- veniō, venio, venīre Latin
- ventio Latin
- ventito Latin
- vento Latin
- venīre Latin
- vēnī vīdī vīcī Latin
- ēventus Latin
- base French
- parvenu French
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βηλός Ancient Greek
- βᾰ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- καταβαίνω Ancient Greek
- μετάβασις Ancient Greek
- πρόβατον Ancient Greek
- συμβαίνω Ancient Greek
- ἀναβαίνω Ancient Greek
- *gʷegʷóme Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem-, *gʷémeti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥sḱéti, *gʷm̥-sḱé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémt, *hé-gʷemt Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥tis, *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₂(-dʰ)-mi Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- base Norwegian Bokmål
- *kumiz Proto-Germanic
- *kwemaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwēmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwēmijaz Proto-Germanic
- base Norwegian Nynorsk
- अपगत Sanskrit
- अवगच्छति Sanskrit
- आगत Sanskrit
- गत Sanskrit
- गति Sanskrit
- गमयति Sanskrit
- गम्यते Sanskrit
- जङ्गम Sanskrit
- निगम Sanskrit
- base Middle English
- jafnkominn Old Norse
- آمدن Persian
- cōmen Middle Dutch
- *gam- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 𑀕𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- *kʷäm- Proto-Tocharian
- base
- basen
- basal
- basi-
- bases
- embase
- basify
- debase
- basely
- baseth
- rebase
- subvene
- outbase
- baseman
- disbase
- rimbase
- exobase
- subbase
- dibasic
- bibasic
- revenue
- seabase
- surbase
- isobase
- baselike
- tribasic
- basewise
- userbase
- baseling
- roadbase
- basewide
- baseflow
- baseborn
- baseload
- starbase
- basement
- firebase
- codebase
- nonbasic
- eventual
- rheobase
- baseword
- revenant
- panabase
- air base
- baseness
- megabase
- wingbase
- polybase
- landbase
- basecoat
- freebase
- basepath
- database
- moonbase
- baseless
- gigabase
- gynobase
- kilobase
- postbase
- snowbase
- leafbase
- baseband
- baseball
- basicity
- timebase
- basename
- prebasic
- baseline
- terabase
- postbasic
- polybasic
- supervene
- baseboard
- basepoint
- baseplate
- wheelbase
- hexabasic
- baselayer
- intervene
- basically
- basewoman
- octabasic
- basestock
- superbase
- basicness
- monobasic
- dibasicity
- heptabasic
- basetender
- baseburner
- contravene
- oligobasic
- gnathobase
- eventually
- baseperson
- circumvent
- nucleobase
- pentabasic
- pseudobase
- tetrabasic
- playerbase
- baserunner
- multibasic
- phallobase
- superbasic
- basestealer
- eventuality
- quadribasic
- baserunning
- sesquibasic
- gnathobasic
- adventitious
- basification
- tetrabasicity
- contravention