Where does “cornette” come from?

cornette (French) comes from Middle French corne, from Old French corne, from Vulgar Latin corna, from Latin cornua, from Latin cornū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

cornette (French): cornet

Definitions

  1. cornet

Ancestry of “cornette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcorne—
2Old Frenchcornehorn
3Vulgar Latincornahorn; nominative plural of cornum; accusative...
4Latincornuanominative plural of cornū; accusative plural of...
5Latincornūhorn; antler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “cornette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Latin cornū →Every word from Latin cornua →