Where does “guitalin” come from?

guitalin (English) comes from English mandolin, from French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, from Italian mandola, from Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

guitalin (English): A musical instrument that is a hybrid between a banjo and a mandolin (despite its name)

Definitions

  1. A musical instrument that is a hybrid between a banjo and a mandolin (despite its name)

Ancestry of “guitalin”, step by step

guitalin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mandolin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmandolina stringed instrument and a member of the lute...
2Frenchmandolinemandolin; vegetable slicer, mandoline
3Italianmandolinomandolin
4Italianmandolamandola
5Latinpanduraa pandore
6Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute

via English guitar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishguitarA stringed musical instrument, of European...
2Spanishguitarraguitar
3Old Spanishguitarraclassical guitar
4Arabicقِيثَارَة
5Latincitharacithara, lyre, lute, guitar; guitar
6Ancient Greekκιθάραlyre; the ribs of the horse; ivy
Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα