Etymology

hornist

H4O1R1N1I1S1T1

Today it means: Someone who plays the horn (any of several kinds of musical instruments). Full definition →

English horn ← Middle English horn ← Old English horn
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥h₂nós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥h₂nóm
  5. Proto-Germanic*hurną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*horn
  7. Old Englishhorn
  8. Middle Englishhorn
  9. Englishhorn
  10. English todayhornist

From horn + -ist.

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