The story
- Italian · borrowed fromviola da gamba“viol for the leg”
- English todayviola da gamba
Borrowed from Italian viola da gamba (“viol for the leg”), as opposed to viola da braccio (“viol for the arm”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
viola da gamba
Today it means: Synonym of viol. Full definition →
Italian viola da gamba