baseness

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis

Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)bor.?

Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús)bor.?

Oscanbor.?

Celticbor.?

Late Latin bassus

Old French basbor.

Middle English bas

English base

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English baseness

From base + -ness.

baseness (countable and uncountable, plural basenesses)

The quality or condition of being base.
Synonyms: depravity, perversion, turpitude; see also Thesaurus:iniquity

Antonyms: honor, morality
The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value.

the state of being vile