Etymology

kithara

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Ancient Greek κιθάρᾱ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκιθάρᾱ
  2. English todaykithara

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek κιθάρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cithara, etc.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.