Etymology

cornetto

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Today it means: A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Full definition →

Italian cornetto ← Latin cornū
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcornū
  2. Italian · borrowed fromcornetto
  3. English todaycornetto

Borrowed from Italian cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin cornū.

Words from the same roots

Latincornū all →

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