Etymology

basse

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Today it means: The bass voice or part within French music Full definition →

German Basse ← Danish Basse ← French Basse
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromBasse
  2. Danish · borrowed fromBasse
  3. German · borrowed fromBasse
  4. English todayBasse

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Basse, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Danish Basse, a nickname meaning "wild boar". * Borrowed from French Basse, from basse (“low; short”).

Words from the same roots

FrenchBasse all →

Basseterre

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.