Etymology

bandura

ban·du·ra
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Today it means: A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap. Full definition →

Ukrainian банду́ра ← Italian pandura ← Polish bandura
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπανδοῦρα“three-stringed lute; zither”
  2. Late Latin · derived frompandura“musical instrument with three strings”
  3. Polish · derived frombandura
  4. Italian · derived frompandura
  5. Ukrainian · borrowed fromбанду́ра
  6. English todaybandura

Borrowed from Ukrainian банду́ра (bandúra), possibly through Italian pandura and Polish bandura, from Late Latin pandura (“musical instrument with three strings”), from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra, “three-stringed lute; zither”), perhaps from Lydian.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinpandura all →

pandura

Ancient Greekπανδοῦρα all →

bandorepandura

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