Where does “mandoline” come from?

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

mandoline (French): mandolin; vegetable slicer, mandoline

Definitions

  1. mandolin; vegetable slicer, mandoline

Ancestry of “mandoline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmandolinomandolin
2Italianmandolamandola
3Latinpanduraa pandore
4Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute

Words derived from “mandoline”

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