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prettygoodword) wrote2006-08-30 07:10 am
prettygoodword) wrote2006-08-30 07:10 am
hautboy
hautboy - n., the oboe.
That is, the old name from it. From French hautbois, high + wood, because it's a high-pitched woodwind. Oboe comes from taking the same French word through Italian before coming to English.
---L.
That is, the old name from it. From French hautbois, high + wood, because it's a high-pitched woodwind. Oboe comes from taking the same French word through Italian before coming to English.
---L.