Etymology

guitarlike

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Today it means: Resembling a guitar Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English guitar
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The story

  1. Aramaicקיתרא (qīṯārā)
  2. Arabicقِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)
  3. Old Spanishguitarra
  4. Spanishguitarra
  5. Englishguitar
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todayguitarlike

From guitar + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.