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Stage 1 of 3
xylon
Greek · ancient
"wood"
wood
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Stage 2 of 3
xylophone
French · 1866
"wood-sound"
formed from Greek xylon (wood) and phone (sound), for the wooden-barred percussion instrument
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Stage 3 of 3
xylophone
English · 1866
"a wooden-barred percussion instrument"
adopted directly for the wooden-barred percussion instrument
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