Basson

Basson [It. *bassone] (Fr.), 1. bassoon. The term has been in use since 1613, when it denoted the curtal. To Mersenne (in 1636) it designated a curtal with bass extension to B♭1. For the rest of the century the word was also in use in England; 2. the bassoon stop (197). Wartburg, Walther von. Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 1928.