Etymology

harmonica

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Today it means: A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note. Full definition →

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From armonica. Coined by American polymath and statesman Benjamin Franklin to refer to his glass harmonica, an instrument that predated the small wind instrument by several decades. Doublet of harmonic; compare Latin harmonicus.

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