The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμονόχορδον
- Latin · derived frommonochordon
- English todaymanichord
From Latin monochordon, from Ancient Greek μονόχορδον (monókhordon), influenced by Latin manus (“hand”). So called because it originally had only one string. See monochord.
Words from the same roots
Latinmonochordon all →
monochord
Ancient Greekμονόχορδον all →
monochord
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.