Where does “saxtuba” come from?
saxtuba (English) comes from English Sax, from English saxophone, from French saxophone, from French -phone, from Ancient Greek φωνή, from Proto-Hellenic pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₂-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
saxtuba (English): An obsolete valved brasswind instrument inspired...
Definitions
- An obsolete valved brasswind instrument inspired...
Ancestry of “saxtuba”, step by step
saxtuba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sax
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sax | A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length |
| 2 | English | saxophone | A single-reed instrument musical instrument of... |
| 3 | French | saxophone | saxophone; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | -phone | speaker of a specific language; something that... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φωνή | sound; Usually of the human voice: voice, cry,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰōnā́ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰoh₂-néh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via English Tuba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tuba | Abbreviation of bass tuba |
| 2 | Tagalog | tuba | tubâ, a palm wine created from the sap of various species of palm trees |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |