Tromba
/ˈtrɒm.bə/noun
A large trumpet or horn, or a heavy rain shower in some languages and dialects.
Did you know?English trombone, Italian tromba, and French trompe all descend from the same old Germanic root for a trumpet, showing how a sound can become a family tree.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*trumpōną / *trumpa-
“To sound a trumpet; a trumpet-like horn”
Old High German
OHG
trumba
“Trumpet, horn”
Old French
OF
trompe
“Trumpet, horn”
Italian
It
tromba
“Trumpet; horn”
Modern English
English
tromba
“A term used in borrowed or specialized contexts for a trumpet or horn”