Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clavis.
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- Borrowed-form mentioncleffrm
- Derivation mentionclāvisla
- Doublet mentionclaveen
- Doublet mentionclavisen
- Root classification mention*(s)kleh₂w-ine-pro
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