Once upon a time there was In the Middle Ages, clarion was a noun, the name for a

trumpet that could play a melody in clear, shrill tones. The noun has since been
used for the sound of a trumpet or a similar sound. By the early 1800s, English
speakers also started using the word as an adjective for things that ring as clear
as the call of a well-played trumpet. Not surprisingly, clarion ultimately derives
(via the Medieval Latin clario-) from clarus, which is the Latin word for "clear."
In addition, clarus gave English speakers clarify, clarity, declare ("to make
clearly known"), and clear itself.

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