Where does “cornet” come from?
Cornet comes from Middle French cornette, from Middle French corne, from Latin cornua, plural of cornu meaning horn, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- or ḱerh₂-.
cornet (English): A musical instrument of the brass family,...
Definitions
- A musical instrument of the brass family,...
Ancestry of “cornet”, step by step
cornet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French cornette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | cornette | — |
| 2 | Middle French | corne | — |
| 3 | Old French | corne | horn |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | corna | horn; nominative plural of cornum; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | cornua | nominative plural of cornū; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | cornū | horn; antler |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |