Where does “lute” come from?
Lute comes from Middle French lut, from Latin lutum, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, which derives from Arabic و and Arabic نُور.
lute (English): A fretted stringed instrument of European origin,...
Definitions
- A fretted stringed instrument of European origin,...
Ancestry of “lute”, step by step
lute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French lut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | lut | — |
| 2 | Old French | leüt | — |
| 3 | Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 4 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 5 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 6 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 7 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 8 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 9 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |