base
Middle English
/ˈbaːs(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A foundation or base; the bottom of a building.
- The foundation, base, or bottom of a column, statue, or vase.
- (rare) Padding inserted below a horse's bridle.
- (rare) A hand's palm; the section of a hand below the fingers.
- (rare) The bottom portion of a dress.
- (rare) The mix of metals used as a base for alchemical operations.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French base derived from Latin basis (base, foundation) derived from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (base, foundation, foot) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷémtis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 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
- basic English
- basification English
- basify English
- basis English
- codebase English
- database English
- debase English
- disbase English
- embase English
- exobase English
- firebase English
- freebase English
- gigabase English
- gnathobase English
- gynobase English
- isobase English
- kilobase English
- landbase English
- leafbase English
- megabase English
- moonbase English
- nucleobase English
- outbase English
- panabase English
- phallobase English
- playerbase English
- polybase English
- postbase English
- pseudobase English
- rebase English
- rheobase English
- rimbase English
- roadbase English
- seabase English
- snowbase English
- starbase English
- subbase English
- superbase English
- surbase English
- terabase English
- timebase English
- userbase English
- wheelbase English
- wingbase English
- baasis Finnish
- basis Latin
- bassus Latin
- bázis Hungarian
- base Italian
- basis Dutch, Flemish
- base French
- basilaire French
- base Spanish, Castilian
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βᾰ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḿ̥tis, *gʷémtis Proto-Indo-European
- base Norwegian Bokmål
- base Portuguese
- baseado Portuguese
- base Norwegian Nynorsk
- basa- Irish
- base Old French
- base Catalan, Valencian
- base Galician
- *gátiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- base Asturian
- *gʷə́tis Proto-Hellenic