Instrumental
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wiktionary
From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin instrumentalis, from instruere(“to build into, set up, construct, furnish", hence "to train”), from in-(“on”) + struere(“to put together, arrange, pile up, build, construct”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew-(“to spread, to strew”).
etymonline
instrumental (adj.)
late 14c., "of the nature of an instrument, serving as a means to an end," from Old French instrumental, from Medieval Latin *instrumentalis, from Latin instrumentum "a tool, apparatus" (see instrument (n.)). Meaning "serviceable, useful" is from c. 1600. Of music, c. 1500; noun meaning "musical composition for instruments only" is attested by 1940. Related: Instrumentally; instrumentality.
