guitare

/ɡi.taʁ/ · noun

Meaning

guitar
a leg

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Middle French guitare, from Old Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Aramaic קיתרא, from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithare and cistre.

κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ(grc)→
קיתרא(Aramaic)→
قِيثَارَة(ar)→
guitarra(Old Spanish)→
guitare(frm)→
guitare(frm)→
guitare (French)
Relations: inh, inh, der, der, der, der

Related words

guitare(frm)guitarra(Old Spanish)قِيثَارَة(ar)קיתרא(Aramaic)κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ(grc)Jitta(Central Franconian)gitaar(Dutch)gita(Haitian Creole)គីតា(Khmer)ហ្គីតា(Khmer)gitaar(Limburgish)gitarr(Swedish)gitar(Turkish)ghi-ta(Vietnamese)

Descendant words

Jitta(Central Franconian) (bor)
gitaar(Dutch) (bor)
gita(Haitian Creole) (der)
គីតា(Khmer) (bor)
ហ្គីតា(Khmer) (bor)
gitaar(Limburgish) (bor)
gitarr(Swedish) (der)
gitar(Turkish) (der)
ghi-ta(Vietnamese) (bor)

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