Etymology

cembalo

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Italian cembalo
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcembalo
  2. English todaycembalo

Borrowed from Italian cembalo, from Latin. Doublet of cymbal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.