英语词汇trumpet的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	trumpet
词源	trumpet n. late 14c., from Old French trompette "trumpet," diminutive of trompe (see trump (n.2)). trumpet v. 1520s, from trumpet (n.). Figurative sense of "to proclaim, extol" is attested from 1580s. Related: Trumpeted; trumpeting. Entries linking to trumpet trump n.2 "trumpet," c. 1300, from Old French trompe "long, tube-like musical wind instrument" (12c.), cognate with Provençal tromba, Italian tromba, all probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba "trumpet"), of imitative origin. trombone n. brass wind instrument, 1724, from Italian trombone, augmentative form of tromba "trumpet," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumba "trumpet;" see trumpet (n.)). German Posaune "trombone" is from Old French buisine, from Latin buccina, bucina "a (crooked) trumpet." updated on February 18, 2014
随便看	railhead railing raillery railroad railroading rail-splitter railway raiment rain rainbow raincheck rain-cloud raincoat raindrop rainfall rain forest rainmaker rain-out rain-proof rainstorm rainwater rainy raise raisin raising

英语词源词典收录了45867条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。

trumpet n.