Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA bass singer, especially in opera. · An instrumental part written for a bass instrument. · The double bass, or contrabasso.
From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.
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