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sousaphone

SOO-zuh-fohn · noun

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Origin

The sousaphone was named after American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa, combined with the suffix -phone.

Journey

The facts available don't describe a shift in meaning — the name has simply stuck to this particular instrument since it was coined for Sousa.

Related words

The -phone ending links it to a family of sound-related words, though no specific cognate is given in the facts here.

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