Base
English
Etymology
From base (“short”).
Proper noun
Base
- A surname transferred from the nickname
Anagrams
German
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German base, from Old High German basa, from Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister; paternal aunt”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bääsje (“grandmother”), Dutch baas (“master; boss”). More at boss.
Noun
Base f (genitive Base, plural Basen)
Quotations
- 1694, Neu-eröffneten Historischen Bilder-Saals Dritter Theil. Das ist: Kurtze, deutliche und unpassionirte Beschreibung Der Historiae Universalis, Enthaltend, Die Geschichten von der Crönung Käysers Caroli Magni an, biß auf den Todt Käysers Ludovici V. Bavari, page 430 and 583:
- Bald darauf ward dieser junge König Henricus, ein Herr von 21. Jahren, mit Constantia der Basen des Königs Wilhelmi von Sicilien einer Dame von etlich und 40. Jahren, zu Meyland vermählet, mit welcher er nach Wilhelmi Todt die Königreiche Neapolis und Sicilien überkommen:
- Ihme succedirte sein Sohn Wilhelmus II. Bonus. Weil aber dieser ohne Erben absturb, ernannte er zu seiner Erbin und Nachfolgerin seine Base Constantiam, so Rogerii seines Herrn Vatters Bruders Tochter war, und in ihrem etlich und vierzigsten Jahr den Römischen Käyserlichen Printzen Henricum VI. geheyrathet hatte.
Etymology 2
19th c., backformation from Basen, plural of Basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Noun
Base f (genitive Base, plural Basen)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Base
- a surname
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Base is the 2,903rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 4,318 individuals.
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