1. Bucca Buccal Buccinal Bucconis Buckle Word of the Day containing word origin roots ideas Etymology relating Mythology Poetry Literature

2. Buccinator comes from the Latin word buccina meaning a “trumpet or shepherd’s horn.” This instrument received its name because the bucca, Latin meaning “cheek,” was used to blow into it

3. 1300, bukel, from Old French bocle "boss (of a shield)," then "shield," then by further extension "Buckle, metal ring," (12c., Modern French boucle), from Latin buccula "cheek strap of a helmet," in Late Latin "boss of a shield," diminutive of bucca "cheek" (see bouche)