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bassus
Latin · ancient
"low, short"
low, short
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basso
Italian · medieval
"low"
carried into Italian musical vocabulary for the low register
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basson
French · 1600s
"the deep-toned woodwind instrument"
formed for the deep-toned woodwind instrument
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bassoon
English · 1727
"a low-pitched double-reed woodwind instrument"
adopted from French for the low-pitched double-reed woodwind
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