Where does “trompet” come from?

trompet (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French trompette, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.

Ancestry of “trompet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrompettetrumpet
2Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
3Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet

Words derived from “trompet”

Every word from Frankish trumpa →Every word from Old French trompe →Every word from Old French trompette →