Talk:timpani

I want to show the link between tympani and timpani. Right now, the first links to the second, but not the reverse. Also, the Online Etymology Dictionary entry for timpani shows the connection between the two spellings in the derivation history by giving the Latin, which this Wiktionary entry currently does not:


 * timpani (n.)
 * 1876, plural of timpano (1740), from Italian timpani "drums," from Latin tympanum "drum" (see tympanum).


 * tympanum (n.)
 * "drum of the ear," 1610s, from Medieval Latin tympanum, introduced in this sense by Italian anatomist Gabriello Fallopio (1523-1562), from Latin tympanum "drum," from Greek tympanon "a drum, panel of a door," from root of typtein "to beat, strike" (see type (n.)). Cf. Old English timpan "drum, timbrel, tambourine," from Latin tympanum. The modern meaning "a drum" is attested in English from 1670s.

I'm leaving this here as the basis for the edits I'm about to make, because I'm mostly active on Wikipedia and this way, another editor will have the data at hand to make any necessary changes more easily without trying to reach me first.

Thanks! --Geekdiva (talk) 11:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)