Where does “bandura” come from?

bandura (English) comes from Italian pandura, from Late Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

bandura (English): A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a...

Definitions

  1. A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a...

Ancestry of “bandura”, step by step

bandura traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pandura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpandura—
2Late Latinpanduramusical instrument with three strings; a pandore
3Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute

via Latin pandura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpanduraa pandore

via Ukrainian банду́ра

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianбанду́раbandura (old Ukrainian music instrument)

Words derived from “bandura”

Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα →Every word from Late Latin pandura →Every word from Italian pandura →