'Trumpet' is Old French for 'small horn' — diminutive of 'trompe.' Onomatopoeia imitating the blast.
A brass instrument with a flared bell and three valves, producing a brilliant, penetrating tone used in orchestral, military, and popular music.
From Old French 'trompette,' a diminutive of 'trompe' (a trumpet, a horn), from Frankish *trumba or Old High German 'trumba' (a trumpet, a drum), probably of imitative origin — mimicking the sound of the instrument's blast. The diminutive suffix '-ette' originally distinguished a smaller, higher-pitched trumpet from the larger 'trompe.' The word's ultimate origin is onomatopoeic: the 'tr-' and '-ump' cluster imitates the bright
The English word 'trump' (as in a trump card) is a shortened form of 'trumpet' — because the winning card was originally announced with a trumpet blast. The phrase 'trumped-up' (fabricated) comes from the same root, meaning 'proclaimed by trumpet' and by extension 'loudly asserted without substance.'