Etymology of the English word cornet
the English word
cornetderived from the Old French word
cornetderived from the Old French word
cornderived from the Old French word
cornederived from the Latin word
cornaderived from the Latin word
cornua (horns)
derived from the Latin word
cornu (horn; horn; hoof; beak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-derived from the Latin word
cornum (cornel berry, cherry, fruit of cornelian cherry tree; horn; hoof; beak)
Date
The earliest known usage of cornet in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
cornetfish,
cornetist,
cornettCognates
Dutch
cornet à pistons, French
cornet, German
Kornett, Norwegian
kornett, Provençal
cornet, Spanish
cornete, Swedish
kornettUsage
Word found in Modern English
