musette（n.）
14世纪晚期，“小风笛”，来自古法语 musette “风笛”（13世纪），源自 muser “演奏风笛，制造音乐”，源自 mus “口，口套”，源自中世纪拉丁语 musum（参见 muzzle（n.））。从法语的这个意义上，到1788年，“一首或仿佛为风笛而作的作品”，通常是一种安静的田园牧歌，模仿风笛的声音。
MUSETTE. The name of an air generally written in common-time, and the character of which is always soft and sweet. From the style of this air, dances were formerly invented of a similar cast, and which were also called Musettes. Musette was also the name formerly given to a small kind of bagpipe much used in most countries of Europe, the performers on which were called Musars. [Thomas Busby, "A Complete Dictionary of Music," 1806]
风笛。一种通常写成常规时间的曲调，其特点总是柔和而甜美。由于这种曲调的风格，以前发明了一些类似的舞蹈，也被称为 Musettes。 Musette 也曾是一种小型风笛的名称，这种风笛在欧洲大多数国家都被广泛使用，演奏者被称为 Musars。[托马斯·巴斯比（Thomas Busby），《音乐完全词典》，1806年]
该词起源时间：14世纪末