Base

Morpheme

Base

Type

free base

Denotation

foundation, beginning, starting point, lowest depth

Etymology

Middle English base, bas, baas; Old French base, bas; Latin basis; Ancient Greek básis

Evidence

abase, adbasal, anterobasal, apicobasal, basal, basality, basally, basalmost, basaloid, base, baseball, baseband, baseboard, baseburner, based, baseflow, baselayer, baseless, baselike, baseline, baseload, basely, baseman, basement, basename, baseness, basepath, baseperson, baseplate, basepoint, baserunner, bases, basestealer, basestock, basewide, basewise, basewoman, baseword, basic, basically, basicranium, basics, basidia, basidiate, basidiocarp, basidiospore, basidium, basification, basify, basilar, basing, basis, basogenic, bibasal, bibasilar, cervicobasilar, codebase, coinbase, condylobasal, corticobasal, database, debase, dibasal, disbase, dorsobasal, embase, epibasal, epibasidia, epibasidium, epibasidium, exobase, firebase, freebase, gigabase, gnathobase, gynobase, helibase, holobasidium, hypobasal, hypobasidium, imbase, inferobasal, isoanabase, isobase, isocatabase, kilobase, landbase, laterobasal, leafbase, mediobasal, megabase, mesiobasal, mesobasal, metabasidium, midbasal, moonbase, multibase, nasobasal, neurobasal, nonbasal, nonbase, outbase, palatobasal, panabase, parabasal, parietobasilar, peribasal, petabase, petrobasilar, phallobase, pharyngobasilar, phragmobasidium, playerbase, polybasal, polybase, postbase, posterobasal, prebasal, probasal, probasidium, proximobasal, pseudobase, rebase, rheobase, ribobase, rimbase, roadbase, seabase, snowbase, stanbase, starbase, subbase, superbase, suprabasal, suprabasilar, surbase, temporobasal, terabase, timebase, transbasal, tribasal, tribasilar, unibasal, userbase, ventrobasal, ventrobasilar, vertebrobasilar, viewerbase, vomerobasilar, wheelbase, wingbase

Notes

base and basis are doublets

See Also

Bass, Base

Homographs

Base