pandero
noun
Meaning
- a type of tambourine
Etymology / origin
From at least early Medieval Latin pandōrium (“piped instrument”), after Pan, according to Isidore of Seville, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán). Writing in thirteenth century Iberia, Juan Gil de Zamora, closely following Isidore but altering the passage, describes it as an instrument similar to the tambourine.
- Πάν(Ancient Greek)→
- pandōrium(la-med)→
- pandero (Old Spanish)
- Relations: der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- pandero(Spanish) (inh)
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