Bugle Definition

Origin of Bugle

• Middle English wild ox, hunting horn made from the horn of a wild ox from Old French steer from Latin būculus diminutive of bōs ox gwou- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English from Old French from Late Latin būgula (perhaps influenced by būglōssa bugloss) from Latin būgillō

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Latin buculus (“young bull; ox; steer”).

  From Wiktionary

• Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”).

  From Wiktionary

• Origin unknown

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Old English

  From Wiktionary