βάσις

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • step
  • rhythm
  • foot
  • foundation, base
  • (geometry) one of the three sides of a triangle
  • fixedness

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis suffix from Ancient Greek βαίνω (go, I go, step, move, mount, walk, come) 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
🪜

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