Etymology

bas

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Cebuano Bas ← Catalan Bas ← French Bas
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The story

  1. Slovene · borrowed fromBaš
  2. Basque · borrowed fromBas
  3. French · borrowed fromBas
  4. Catalan · borrowed fromBas
  5. Cebuano · borrowed fromBas
  6. English todayBas

Various origins: * Borrowed from Cebuano Bas, from bas (“sand”). * Borrowed from Catalan Bas, a habitational surname from a place in Catalonia. * Borrowed from French Bas, from bas (“low”). * Borrowed from Basque Bas, a topographic surname from baso (“wood”). * Borrowed from Slovene Baš, a short form of the personal name Sebastjan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.