Where does “French hornist” come from?
French hornist (English) comes from English French horn, from English horn, from Middle English horn, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
French hornist (English): Someone who plays a French horn
Definitions
- Someone who plays a French horn
Ancestry of “French hornist”, step by step
French hornist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English French horn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | French horn | A coiled brass musical instrument, derived from... |
| 2 | English | horn | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the... |
| 3 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 4 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |