English
instrumentist
From instrument + -ist.
Formed from instrument + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *strew- ‘to spread, strew’
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Latin īnstruō ‘build, construct’
Latin īnstrūmentum ‘an implement, tool’
Old French instrument
Middle English instrument ‘a device used to produce music’
English instrument
Today it means
noun A performer on a musical instrument.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / instrumentist