clef
/klɛf/ · noun
Meaning
- A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clavis.
- *(s)kleh₂w-(ine-pro)→
- clāvis(la)→
- clef(Middle French)→
- clef (English)
- Relations: bor, der, root
Related words
Descendant words
- yave(Ladino) (cog)
- llaue(Old Spanish) (cog)
- klawisz(Polish) (cog)
- ключ(Russian) (cog)
- llave(Spanish) (cog)
- cleff(Welsh) (bor)
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