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Etymology

"Trombone" comes from the Italian word tromba (trumpet) plus the suffix -one (large), meaning "large trumpet".

During the Renaissance, the equivalent English term was " sackbut ". The word first appears in court records in 1495 as " shakbusshe ". " Shakbusshe " is similar to " sacabuche ", attested in Spain as early as 1478. The French equivalent " saqueboute " appears in 1466.

The German " Posaune " long predates the invention of the slide and could refer to a natural trumpet as late as the early fifteenth century.