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Trombetas

Trombetas comes from Portuguese trombeta ‘a trumpet or bugle’, and goes back to Frankish *trumpa.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*trumpareconstructed
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400trompe
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttrompette‘trumpet’
  6. Portuguesec. 1500–presenttrombeta‘a trumpet or bugle’
  7. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentTrombetas
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*trumpareconstructed
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400trompe
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttrompette‘trumpet’
  6. Portuguesec. 1500–presenttrombeta‘a trumpet or bugle’
  7. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentTrombetas
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Frankish *trumpa

trumpet, 1 more

through Old French trompe

trump, trompe

Today it means

name A tributary on the north side of the Amazon River in Brazil.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Frankish *trumpa / Trombetas

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