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base

/ˈbeɪs/BAYS
/ˈbeɪs/BAYS

Meaningstep or foundation

Common meaning: lowest supporting part

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ga- or *gam-‘come, to go, walk, pro- ceed’source
  2. Greekbasis‘step or foundation’source
  3. Middle Englishbas‘foundation’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsfoundation → lowest supporting partbase‘lowest supporting part’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek basis ‘step or foundation’.

Source words

  • basis Greek · source word “step or foundation”

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