Etymology

polybase

P3O1L1Y4B3A1S1E1

Today it means: Any polybasic compound Full definition →

English base ← Middle English bas ← Old French bas
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Late Latinbassus
  6. Old Frenchbas
  7. Middle Englishbas
  8. Englishbase
  9. English todaypolybase

From poly- + base.

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