English

based

/beɪst/
Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

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    Etymology 1

    From base + -ed.

    Etymology 2

    A reference to freebase cocaine, via basehead. Coined by American rapper from California Lil B in 2010 to describe his lifestyle.

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    • partEnglishbase “Something from which other things extend; a foundation.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbase
        • borrowedOld Frenchbase
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbas
        • borrowedOld Frenchbas
    • partEnglish-ed “Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any pa…”
      • inheritedMiddle English-ed
        • inheritedOld English-ed
        • derivedLatincōnfūsus
        • inheritedOld English-od
      • inheritedMiddle English-ede
        • inheritedOld English-ode

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