Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
From Middle English shalmuse, from Old French chalemel (modern French chalumeau), from Late Latin calamellus, from Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of caramel, chalumeau, and qalam, as well as related to calame, calamus, culm, and haulm.
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- Inherited-form mentionshalmuseenm
- Derivation mentionchalemelfro
- Cognate mentionchalumeaufr
- Derivation mentioncalamusla
- Derivation mentionκάλαμοςgrc
- Doublet mentioncaramelen
- Doublet mentionchalumeauen
- Doublet mentionqalamen
- Doublet mentioncalameen
- Doublet mentioncalamusen
- Doublet mentionculmen
- Doublet mentionhaulmen
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