English
aerophone
From aero- + -phone.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist’
English aero
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’
French téléphone
English telephone
English phone
Today it means
noun Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aerophone