Etymology

cromorna

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Today it means: A type of organ reed stop, sounding a tone resembling that of the oboe. Full definition →

French cromorne ← German Krummhorn
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The story

  1. German · derived fromKrummhorn“crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet”
  2. French · borrowed fromcromorne
  3. English todaycromorna

From French cromorne, from German Krummhorn (“crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet”). Doublet of krummhorn.

Words from the same roots

GermanKrummhorn all →

crumhornkrummhorn

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