Where does “treble recorder” come from?

treble recorder (English) comes from English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos — threefold, triple.

treble recorder (English): A recorder whose lowest note is F4 (or otherwise in the range of E♭4 to G4)

Definitions

  1. A recorder whose lowest note is F4 (or otherwise in the range of E♭4 to G4)

Ancestry of “treble recorder”, step by step

treble recorder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English treble

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreblePertaining to the highest singing voice or part...
2Old Frenchtrebletreble; triple
3Latintriplusthreefold, triple
4Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple

via English recorder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecorderAn apparatus for recording; a device which...
2Middle Englishrecorder—
3Middle Englishrecordto practice
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