English
violon
Violon comes from French violon ‘violin’, and goes back to viole.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentviole
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentviolon‘violin’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentviole
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentviolon‘violin’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’
veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, wether, inveterate, bacha, 17 more
through Latin vitulus ‘a [male] calf’
through Old Occitan viola
Today it means
noun A kind of organ stop producing a string-like sound.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French viole / violon