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Where does “gitároztam” come from?

gitároztam (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gitározik, from Hungarian gitár, from German Gitarre, from Spanish guitarra, from Old Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα — lyre; the ribs of the horse; ivy.

gitároztam (Hungarian): first-person singular indicative past indefinite...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular indicative past indefinite...

Ancestry of “gitároztam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangitározikto play the guitar
2Hungariangitárguitar
3GermanGitarreguitar
4Spanishguitarraguitar
5Old Spanishguitarra—
6Arabicقِيثَارَة—
7Latincitharacithara, lyre, lute, guitar; guitar
8Ancient Greekκιθάραlyre; the ribs of the horse; ivy
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