Bass

What “Bass” means

Adj

1. Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

Noun

1. A low spectrum of sound tones.
2. A section of a musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
3. One who sings in the bass range.
4. An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a bass guitar, double bass, electric bass, or bass synthesiser.
5. The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C.

Verb

1. To sound in a deep tone.

Noun

1. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base ▲ Italian bassoinflu. English bass A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

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