Where does “Mandola” come from?

Mandola (German) comes from Italian mandola, from Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα — pandura, a three-stringed lute.

Mandola (German): octave mandolin (US), octave mandola (UK, Ireland)

Definitions

  1. octave mandolin (US), octave mandola (UK, Ireland)

Ancestry of “Mandola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmandolamandola
2Latinpanduraa pandore
3Ancient Greekπανδοῦραpandura, a three-stringed lute
Every word from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα →