English
drum
Drum may come from English drumslade ‘drummer’.
- English1500–presentdrumslade‘drummer’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1669drum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- English1500–presentdrumslade‘drummer’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1669drum
Earliest quotation: 1669, John Nievhoff, Of ſome THINGS more then NATURAL, and ſtrange POOLS.: “In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung,…”
Every English word from English drumslade
Today it means
noun A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English drumslade / drum