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hautbois
French · 1500s
"high wood"
literally high wood, from haut (high) and bois (wood)
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oboe
Italian · 1700s
"a double-reed woodwind instrument"
reshaped phonetically in Italian for the double-reed woodwind instrument
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oboe
English · 1730s
"a double-reed woodwind instrument"
settled as the English word for the double-reed woodwind instrument
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