The
xylophone (from the Greek
words ξύλον
— xylon,
"wood"[1]
+ φωνή
—phonē,
"sound, voice",[2]
meaning "wooden sound") is a musical
instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden (not
steel) bars struck by mallets.
ONLINE
ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- xylophone (n.)
- 1866, coined from Gk. xylon "wood" + phone "a sound" (see fame (n.)).
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