English
hautboy
Hautboy comes from Middle French hautbois.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hautbois
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599hautboy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hautbois
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599hautboy
Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “I […] told John a Gaunt he beat his…”
Every English word from Middle French hautbois
Today it means
noun An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French hautbois / hautboy