Etymology

basis

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Today it means: A physical base or foundation. Full definition →

Latin basis ← Ancient Greek βάσις ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷémtis
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromβάσις
  4. Latin · derived frombasis
  5. English todaybasis

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (whence also come). Doublet of base. Displaced native Old English stapol.

Words from the same roots

Latinbasis all →

basebasi-

Ancient Greekβάσις all →

baseabasiabasiceritebasidiumbasophobia

Proto-Indo-European*gʷem- all →

forthcomingpugGangesabaseconventiclemetabasisqueme

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