Etymology

pandura

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Today it means: An Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape. Full definition →

Late Latin pandura ← Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπανδοῦρα
  2. Late Latin · derived frompandura
  3. English todaypandura

From Late Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra), a Pre-Greek/substrate loan. Doublet of mandola.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinpandura all →

bandura

Ancient Greekπανδοῦρα all →

bandurabandore

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