Etymology

basset

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Today it means: The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop. Full definition →

French bassette ← Italian bassetta
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basset · noun, verb1

  1. Italian · derived frombassetta
  2. French · derived frombassette
  3. English todaybasset

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Basset · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromBasset
  2. English todayBasset

Borrowed from French Basset or a variant of Bassett.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbassette all →

Bassette

FrenchBasset all →

bassettbasset hound

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.