Base.
A female cousin.
Meaning & usage
A female cousin.
paternal aunt
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German base, from Old High German basa, from Proto-West Germanic *baswā, from Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister; paternal aunt”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bääsje (“grandmother”), Dutch baas (“master; boss”). More at boss.
base (compound that will neutralize an acid)
Where this word comes from
19th c., backformation from Basen, plural of Basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
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