Etymology of the French word cornet
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 French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
cornettiste,
encorn,
cornetage,
encornetDerivations in other languages
English
cornet, Romanian
cornetCognates
Dutch
cornet à pistons, English
cornet, German
Kornett, Norwegian
kornett, Provençal
cornet, Spanish
cornete, Swedish
kornettUsage
Word found in Old French
