The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκιθάρα
- Latin · borrowed fromcithara
- English todaycithara
From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.
Words from the same roots
Latincithara all →
zithercitolegittern
Ancient Greekκιθάρα all →
zither
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.