Etymology

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Today it means: A musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥόμβος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromῥόμβος“bullroarer”
  2. English todayrhombos

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “bullroarer”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “to turn around”).

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